Potential cellular functions of Epstein-Barr Nuclear Antigen 1 (EBNA1) of Epstein-Barr Virus.

Autor: Westhoff Smith D; Department of Oncology, McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, Madison, WI 53706, USA. dwesthoff@wisc.edu, Sugden B
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Viruses [Viruses] 2013 Jan 16; Vol. 5 (1), pp. 226-40. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Jan 16.
DOI: 10.3390/v5010226
Abstrakt: Epstein-Barr Nuclear Antigen 1 (EBNA1) is a multifunctional protein encoded by EBV. EBNA1's role in maintaining EBV in latently proliferating cells, by mediating EBV genome synthesis and nonrandom partitioning to daughter cells, as well as regulating viral gene transcription, is well characterized. Less understood are the roles of EBNA1 in affecting the host cell to provide selective advantages to those cells that harbor EBV. In this review we will focus on the interactions between EBNA1 and the host cell that may provide EBV-infected cells selective advantages beyond the maintenance of EBV.
Databáze: MEDLINE