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. 2025 May 22.
doi: 10.1007/82_2025_299. Online ahead of print.

EBNA1

Lori Frappier  1
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EBNA1

Lori Frappier. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. .

Abstract

EBNA1 plays multiple important roles in EBV latent infection and has also been shown to impact EBV lytic infection. EBNA1 is required for the stable persistence of the EBV genomes in latent infection and activates the expression of other EBV latency genes through interactions with specific DNA sequences in the viral episomes. EBNA1 also interacts with several cellular proteins and cellular DNA sites to modulate multiple cellular pathways important for viral persistence and cell survival. These cellular effects are also implicated in oncogenesis, suggesting a direct role of EBNA1 in the development of EBV-associated tumours.

Keywords: DNA binding; DNA replication; Immune evasion; Mitotic segregation; PML bodies; Transcriptional activation; USP7.

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