EXPRESSION OF AN EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS EARLY ANTIGEN AND CELL FUSION

• Published in: Nippon Jibi Inkoka Gakkai Kaiho Vol. 92; no. 5; pp. 722 - 725
• Main Authors: FURUKAWA, MITSURU, KAMIDE, MICHIHIRO, KATO, CHIIKO, SAKASHITA, HIDEO, TAKESHITA, HAJIME, UMEDA, RYOZO
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: Japan The Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Society of Japan, Inc 1989
• Subjects: Antigens, Viral - analysis; Burkitt Lymphoma - immunology; Burkitt Lymphoma - pathology; Cell Fusion; EBV; Herpesvirus 4, Human - immunology; Humans; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms - immunology; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms - pathology; Tumor Cells, Cultured - immunology; Tumor Cells, Cultured - pathology

Superinfection of Raji cells with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) derived from P3HR-1 (P3H-EBV) leads to syncytium formation. Studies using inhibitors of DNA and protein synthesis suggest that the fusion-inducing factor belongs to the early antigen of virus-specified proteins. Induction of early antigen (E...