Article
LMP1 strain variants: biological and molecular properties.
Journal of virology - 1 Jul 2006
Mainou Bernardo A, Raab-Traub Nancy
Abstract excerpt
The ubiquitous herpesvirus Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is linked to the development of several malignancies, including nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) is considered the EBV oncogene as it is necessary for EBV-induced transformation of B lymphocytes and is able to transform Rat-1 fibroblasts. LMP1 can activate a wide array of signaling pathways, including phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase...
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