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Preferred term

HIV Enhancer  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Enhancer, HIV-1
  • Enhancers, HIV-1
  • HIV 1 Enhancer
  • HIV-1 Enhancer
  • HIV-1 Enhancers
  • NF kappa B Binding Site, HIV
  • NF-kappa B-Binding Site, HIV

Scope note

  • Cis-acting regulatory sequences in the HIV long terminal repeat (LTR) which play a major role in induction or augmentation of HIV gene expression in response to environmental stimuli such as mitogens, phorbol esters, or other viruses. The HIV enhancer is the binding site for many cellular transcription factors including the nuclear factor NF-kappa B.

History note

  • 1991

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016322

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