Browsing Dissertations by Author "Akula, Shaw M."
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FUNCTION OF DISINTEGRIN-LIKE DOMAIN OF KSHV gB IN REGULATING VIRUS INFECTION
Walker, Lia R. (East Carolina University, 2015-12-10)KSHV, also referred to as human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8), is the eighth and latest identified human herpesvirus. It is the causative agent for a variety of malignancies namely Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS), primary effusion lymphoma ... -
MICRONOME AND KSHV INFECTION: IDENTIFICATION AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CELLULAR MICRORNAS DURING VIRUS ENTRY
Hussein, Hosni Ahmed Mohamed (East Carolina University, 2018-04-17)Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), is the most recently identified human herpesvirus and causes a variety of human malignancies. KSHV is etiologically associated with Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), primary effusion ... -
Regulation of KSHV replication by glycoprotein B: chronicles of a virus and its host
Dyson, Ossie F. (East Carolina University, 2011)Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), the causative agent of three cancers: Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), primary effusion lymphoma (PEL), and the plasmablastic form of multicentric Castleman disease (MCD), shares many ...