Two Distinct Activities Contribute to Human Papillomavirus 16 E6's Oncogenic Potential

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High-risk human papillomaviruses, such as HPV16, cause cervical cancers, other anogenital cancers, and a subset of head and neck cancers. E6 and E7, two viral oncogenes expressed in these cancers, encode multifunctional proteins best known for their ability to bind and inactivate the tumor suppressors p53 and pRb, respectively. In skin carcinogenesis experiments using E6 transgenic (K14E6(WT)) mice, HPV16 E6 was...

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