NF-kB essential modulator (NEMO) is essential for KSHV-encoded viral FLICE inhibitory protein (vFLIP) K13- induced gene expression and its N-terminal 251 resdidues are sufficent for this process

We report here that KSHV viral infection targets the NF-kB pathway which is crucial for cell survival. KSHV protein vFLIP K13 is known to directly interact with cellular protein NEMO of the NF-kB pathway. We used gene expression array to suggets that the interaction of K13 with NEMO is important to activate NF-kB pathway.

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Tolani B, Matta H, Gopalakrishnan R, Punj V, Chaudhary PM