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ReviewThe Journal of general virology2026

Sensing the storm: how inflammatory signalling drives reactivation of the human cytomegalovirus major immediate-early promoter.

Benjamin A Krishna

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Review in The Journal of general virology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Benjamin A KrishnaDepartment of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB20QQ, UK.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Seventy years after the discovery of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), perhaps its most influential contribution to molecular biology remains the major immediate-early promoter (MIEP). A modified form of this powerful regulatory element is now used ubiquitously in biotechnology to drive protein expression, yet within the virus itself, the full promoter performs a far more complex task: governing the balance between latency and lytic replication. This review discusses our understanding of the transcription factors that regulate MIEP activation and repression and how this regulatory network shapes HCMV latency and reactivation.

Indexed as

CytomegalovirusCytomegalovirus InfectionsPromoter Regions, GeneticVirus ActivationGene Expression Regulation, ViralGenes, Immediate-EarlyHumansImmediate-Early ProteinsSignal TransductionTranscription FactorsVirus LatencyVirus ReplicationImmediate-Early ProteinsTranscription FactorsHCMVlatencyMIEPpromoterreactivation

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PMID42378015
PMCPMC13322095

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