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Epstein-Barr virus LMP2A bypasses p53 inactivation in a MYC model of lymphomagenesis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 20 Oct 2009
Bieging Kathryn T, Amick Alexandra C, Longnecker Richard
Abstract excerpt
Although Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is linked to Burkitt's lymphoma (BL), the role of the virus in lymphomagenesis is unclear. LMP2A, encoded by EBV, can be detected in BL biopsies and has prosurvival functions. We generated mice expressing MYC and LMP2A in B cells. LMP2A/lambda-MYC mice show greatly accelerated tumor onset. Similar to previous work, we found p53 mutations in lambda-MYC tumors; however, we detected...
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