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In vivo growth of Epstein-Barr virus transformed B cells with mutations in latent membrane protein 2 (LMP2).
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 1997
Rochford R, Miller C L, Cannon M J, Izumi K M, Kieff E, Longnecker R
Abstract excerpt
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) causes infectious mononucleosis in adolescents and is associated with malignant B lymphocyte proliferation in AIDS patients, patients undergoing immune suppression for organ transplantation, and SCID mice. In vitro, EBV transformed, latently infected lymphoblastoid B cell lines (LCLs) contain EBV episomes and express nine virus encoded proteins. Six are nuclear proteins (EBNAs) and three...
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