Article
Expression of the BNLF-1 oncogene of Epstein-Barr virus in the skin of transgenic mice induces hyperplasia and aberrant expression of keratin 6.
Cell - 29 Jun 1990
Wilson J B, Weinberg W, Johnson R, Yuspa S, Levine A J
Abstract excerpt
The BNLF-1 gene of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) encodes the latent membrane protein (LMP), one of the putative oncogene products of the virus. This gene has been expressed from two different enhancer-promoter constructs in transgenic mice, to determine its biological activity and possible contribution to oncogenesis. While transgenic mice expressing LMP in many tissues demonstrated poor viability, expression of LMP...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA
- DNA Probes
- Disease Models, Animal
- Gene Expression
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Humans
- Hyperplasia
- Keratins
- Membrane Proteins
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
