Regulation of Telomerase and Telomeres: Human Tumor Viruses Take Control

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Human tumor viruses are responsible for one-fifth of all cancers worldwide. These viruses have evolved multiple strategies to evade immune defenses and to persist in the host by establishing a latent infection. Proliferation is necessary for pretumor cells to accumulate genetic alterations and to acquire a transformed phenotype. However, each cell division is associated with a progressive shortening of the...

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