HSV carrying WT REST establishes latency but reactivates only if the synthesis of REST is suppressed.

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HSVs transit from vigorous replication at the portal of entry into the body to a latent state in sensory neurons in which only noncoding (e.g., latency-associated transcript) and micro-RNAs are expressed. In productive infection, viral genes must be sequentially derepressed at two checkpoints. A leading role in the repression of viral genes is carried out by histone deacetylase (HDAC)/corepressor element-1...

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