symbiont-mediated suppression of host transcription initiation from RNA polymerase II promoter
Any process in which a virus stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of the assembly of the RNA polymerase II preinitiation complex (PIC) at an RNA polymerase II promoter region of a host DNA template. The host is defined as the larger of the organisms involved in a symbiotic interaction.
GO:0039656
symbiont-mediated perturbation of host gene expression
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inhibition of host transcription initiation by virus
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suppression by virus of host DNA-dependent transcription, initiation
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suppression by virus of host transcription initiation from RNA polymerase II promoter
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