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Regulation and Autoregulation of the Promoter for the Latency-associated Nuclear Antigen of Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus
1 Apr 2004
Abstract excerpt
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) or human herpesvirus 8 has been established as the etiological agent of Kaposi's sarcoma and certain AIDS-associated lymphomas. KSHV establishes latent infection in these tumors, invariably expressing high levels of the viral latency-associated nuclear antigen (LANA) protein. LANA is necessary and sufficient to maintain the KSHV episome. It also modulates viral and...
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