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In this study, we show that YAP impairs HCMV replication as assessed by viral gene expression analysis and progeny assays, and that this inhibition occurs at the immediate-early stages of the viral life cycle, at the latest. Using YAP mutants lacking key functional domains and shRNA against TEAD, we show that the inhibitory effects of YAP on HCMV replication are nuclear localization- and TEAD cofactor-dependent. Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) and subcellular fractionation analyses reveal that YAP does not interfere with the viral entry process but inhibits transport of the HCMV genome into the nucleus. Most importantly, we show that the expression of stimulator of interferon genes (STING), recently identified as an important component for nuclear delivery of the herpesvirus genome, is severely downregulated by YAP at the level of gene transcription. The functional importance of STING is further confirmed by the observation that STING expression restores YAP-attenuated nuclear transport of the HCMV genome, viral gene expression, and progeny virus production. We also show that HCMV-upregulated YAP reduces expression of STING. 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