A unique, spliced varicella-zoster virus latency transcript represses expression of the viral transactivator gene 61
Daniel P. Depledge, Werner J. D. Ouwendijk, Tomohiko Sadaoka, Shirley E. Braspenning, Yasuko Mori, Randall J. Cohrs, Georges M. G. M. Verjans, Judith Breuer
The paper identifies and characterizes a unique VZV latency transcript (VLT) that represses the viral transactivator gene ORF61 during latency, unifying VZV latency with other herpesviruses.
bioRxiv · Oct 11, 2017 · PreprintMicrobiology