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Uneven distribution of HPV 16 E6 prototype and variant (L83V) oncoprotein in cervical neoplastic lesions
1 Aug 2000
Abstract excerpt
A previous Swedish study revealed that both prototype and variant HPV16 E6 oncoprotein, occur in about equal numbers in high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (HCIN), whereas variant HPV16 predominates in invasive cervical squamous carcinoma. Most of the malignant HPV16 variants contain a common mutation, L83V, in the E6 oncoprotein. In the present investigation, 28 HPV16 positive, invasive cervical...
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