An RS motif within the Epstein-Barr virus BLRF2 tegument protein is phosphorylated by SRPK2 and is important for viral replication.

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a gammaherpesvirus that causes infectious mononucleosis, B cell lymphomas, and nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Many of the genes required for EBV virion morphogenesis are found in all herpesviruses, but some are specific to gammaherpesviruses. One of these gamma-specific genes,...

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Main Authors: Melissa Duarte, Lili Wang, Michael A Calderwood, Guillaume Adelmant, Makoto Ohashi, Jennifer Roecklein-Canfield, Jarrod A Marto, David E Hill, Hongyu Deng, Eric Johannsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3541133?pdf=render