The elevated expression of ORF75, a KSHV lytic gene, in Kaposi sarcoma lesions is driven by a GC-rich DNA cis element in its promoter region

• Ashwin Nair,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• David A. Davis,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Andrew Warner,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Frederick National Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

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• Baktiar Karim,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Frederick National Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

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• Ramya Ramaswami,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Robert Yarchoan

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: robert.yarchoan@nih.gov

  Affiliation HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3057-1395

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