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Induction of sialyl-Lex expression by herpes simplex virus type 1 is dependent on viral immediate early RNA-activated transcription of host fucosyltransferase genes.
Glycobiology - 1 Aug 2009
Nyström Kristina, Nordén Rickard, Muylaert Isabella, Elias Per, Larson Göran, Olofsson Sigvard
Abstract excerpt
We have previously shown that varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection of diploid human fibroblasts (HEL) results in neo-expression of Lewis antigens sialyl Lewis x (sLe(x)) and Lewis y (Le(y)), respectively, after transcriptional activation of different combinations of dormant human fucosyltransferase genes (FUT1, FUT3, FUT5, and FUT6), whose gene products are responsible for the...
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