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B-cell lines immortalized with an Epstein-Barr virus mutant lacking the Cp EBNA2 enhancer are biased toward utilization of the oriP-proximal EBNA gene promoter Wp1.
Journal of virology - 1 Dec 1997
Yoo L I, Mooney M, Puglielli M T, Speck S H
Abstract excerpt
During Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) latent infection of B lymphocytes in vitro, six viral nuclear antigens (EBNAs) are expressed from one of two promoters, Cp or Wp, whose activities have previously been shown to be mutually exclusive in established lymphoblastoid cell lines. Initially after infection, the EBNA genes are transcribed from Wp, which is present in multiples copies within the major internal repeat of...
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