Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen EBNA-LP is essential for transforming naïve B cells, and facilitates recruitment of transcription factors to the viral genome

• Agnieszka Szymula,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

  Affiliation Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Richard D. Palermo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Amr Bayoumy,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Ian J. Groves,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Current address: Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

  Affiliation Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Mohammed Ba abdullah,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5696-4269

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• Beth Holder,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Section of Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2157-9819

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• Robert E. White

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: robert.e.white@imperial.ac.uk

  Affiliation Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5115-2173

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