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Science 24 July 1998:
Vol. 281. no. 5376, pp. 562 - 565
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5376.562
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A Viral Mechanism for Inhibition of the Cellular Phosphatase Calcineurin

James E. Miskin, Charles C. Abrams, Lynnette C. Goatley, Linda K. Dixon *

The transcription factor NFAT (nuclear factor of activated T cells) controls the expression of many immunomodulatory proteins. African swine fever virus inhibits proinflammatory cytokine expression in infected macrophages, and a viral protein A238L was found to display the activity of the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporin A by inhibiting NFAT-regulated gene transcription in vivo. This it does by binding the catalytic subunit of calcineurin and inhibiting calcineurin phosphatase activity.

Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, Pirbright, Surrey, GU24 0NF, UK. E-mail: linda.dixon{at}bbsrc.ac.uk
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed.

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