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Both homo and heterodimers of Marek's disease virus encoded Meq protein contribute to transformation of lymphocytes in chickens.
Virology - 10 Apr 2010
Suchodolski Paulette F, Izumiya Yoshihiro, Lupiani Blanca, Ajithdoss Dharani K, Lee Lucy F, Kung Hsing-Jien, Reddy Sanjay M
Abstract excerpt
Marek' disease virus serotype-1, also know as Gallid herpesvirus 2 (GaHV-2), elicits T-cell lymphomas in chickens. The GaHV-2 genome encodes an oncoprotein, Meq, with similarity to the Jun/Fos family of proteins. We have previously shown that Meq homodimers are not sufficient to induce lymphomas in chickens. In this study, we investigated the role of Meq heterodimers in the pathogenicity of GaHV-2 by generating a...
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