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JN is funded by grants CA76445, CA136356, CA119887 and CA113239 from the National Institutes of Health, U.S.A, and is grateful for the general support of his colleagues in the Viral Oncology Program of the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

SH is funded by grants Graduate School 745, and SFB 566 from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Germany, and by the European Union Integrated Project INCA LSHC-CT-2005-018704. She s grateful for the general support and helpful discussions at the Institute of Virology, Hanover Medical School.

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Hartmann, S., Schulz, T.F., Nicholas, J. (2009). HHV-8/KSHV Proteins Involved in Signaling and Transformation. In: Damania, B., Pipas, J.M. (eds) DNA Tumor Viruses. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68945-6_22

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