D M Ciufo

Kaposi's sarcoma-associated human herpesvirus-8 encodes homologues of macrophage inflammatory protein-1 and interleukin-6

John Nicholas, Vivian Ruvolo, William H. Burns et al. · Nature Medicine · 1997 · 392 citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +11

High-Level Variability in the ORF-K1 Membrane Protein Gene at the Left End of the Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Genome Defines Four Major Virus Subtypes and Multiple Variants or Clades in Different Human Populations

Jian-Chao Zong, D M Ciufo, Donald J. Alcendor et al. · Journal of Virology · 1999 · 276 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics +14

Comparison of Genetic Variability at Multiple Loci across the Genomes of the Major Subtypes of Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Reveals Evidence for Recombination and for Two Distinct Types of Open Reading Frame K15 Alleles at the Right-Hand End

Lynn Poole, Jian-Chao Zong, D M Ciufo et al. · Journal of Virology · 1999 · 212 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +13

Spindle Cell Conversion by Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus: Formation of Colonies and Plaques with Mixed Lytic and Latent Gene Expression in Infected Primary Dermal Microvascular Endothelial Cell Cultures

D M Ciufo, Jennifer S. Cannon, Lynn Poole et al. · Journal of Virology · 2001 · 187 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Infectious Diseases +17

A single 13-kilobase divergent locus in the Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (human herpesvirus 8) genome contains nine open reading frames that are homologous to or related to cellular proteins

John Nicholas, Vivian Ruvolo, Jian Zong et al. · Journal of Virology · 1997 · 170 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +12