Article
Potential selection of LMP1 variants in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Journal of virology - 1 Jan 2004
Edwards Rachel H, Sitki-Green Diane, Moore Dominic T, Raab-Traub Nancy
Abstract excerpt
Seven distinct sequence variants of the Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) have been identified by distinguishing amino acid changes in the carboxy-terminal domain. In this study the transmembrane domains are shown to segregate identically with the distinct carboxy-terminal amino acid sequences. Since strains of LMP1 have been shown to differ in abundance between blood and throat washes,...
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