ArticleFrontiers in genetics2013
Epigenetic control of Epstein-Barr virus transcription - relevance to viral life cycle?
Article in Frontiers in genetics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Circulating cell-free Epstein-Barr virus DNA measurement for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: advancing towards ctDNA-guided, risk-adaptive individualized treatment.Science China. Life sciences · 2026Review
- Epigenetic Plasticity Enables CNS-Trafficking of EBV-infected B Lymphocytes.PLoS pathogens · 2021Article
- Inflammasome, the Constitutive Heterochromatin Machinery, and Replication of an Oncogenic Herpesvirus.Viruses · 2021Review
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- The Function and Therapeutic Potential of Epstein-Barr Virus-Encoded MicroRNAs in Cancer.Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2019Review
- A Noncanonical Basic Motif of Epstein-Barr Virus ZEBRA Protein Facilitates Recognition of Methylated DNA, High-Affinity DNA Binding, and Lytic Activation.Journal of virology · 2019Article
- Regulation of Epstein-Barr Virus Life Cycle and Cell Proliferation by Histone H3K27 Methyltransferase EZH2 in Akata Cells.mSphere · 2018Article
- Mechanism of activation of the BNLF2a immune evasion gene of Epstein-Barr virus by Zta.The Journal of general virology · 2018Article
- The Immunomodulatory Capacity of an Epstein-Barr Virus Abortive Lytic Cycle: Potential Contribution to Viral Tumorigenesis.Cancers · 2018Review
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- Epigenetics and animal virus infections.Frontiers in genetics · 2015Article
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Abstract
DNA methylation normally leads to silencing of gene expression but Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) provides an exception to the epigenetic paradigm. DNA methylation is absolutely required for the expression of many viral genes. Although the viral genome is initially un-methylated in newly infected cells, it becomes extensively methylated during the establishment of viral latency. One of the major regulators of EBV gene expression is a viral transcription factor called Zta (BZLF1, ZEBRA, Z) that resembles the cellular AP1 transcription factor. Zta recognizes at least 32 variants of a 7-nucleotide DNA sequence element, the Zta-response element (ZRE), some of which contain a CpG motif. Zta only binds to the latter class of ZREs in their DNA-methylated form, whether they occur in viral or cellular promoters and is functionally relevant for the activity of these promoters. The ability of Zta to interpret the differential DNA methylation of the viral genome is paramount for both the establishment of viral latency and the release from latency to initiate viral replication.
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