obsolete suppression by virus of host STAT1 activity by inhibition of DNA binding (obsolete GO:0039568)
inhibition of DNA binding of STAT1
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suppression by virus of host STAT1 activity by negative regulation of DNA binding
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OBSOLETE. Any process in which a virus stops, prevents, or reduces STAT1-dependent gene transcription, by preventing STAT1 from binding to promoter sites in the nucleus.