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Comparable expression and phosphorylation of the retinoblastoma protein in Merkel cell polyoma virus positive and negative Merkel cell carcinoma
28 Jul 2009
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It has been demonstrated, that DNA from the Merkel cell polyoma virus (MCV) is monoclonally integrated in the genome of Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) cells in the majority of tumors.1 In this respect, Bathia et al. recently reported an observation in THE JOURNAL which suggests that two subgroups of MCC can be distinguished on the basis of the abundance of MCV; moreover, these subgroups differed in their expression...
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