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The role of furin in papillomavirus infection
1 Dec 2009
Abstract excerpt
Papillomaviruses represent a medically important virus family. Infection with a high-risk human papillomavirus type is a prerequisite for cervical carcinoma development. Infection by low-risk types may result in the generation of benign skin warts. It was recently found that infectious entry of these viruses is dependent upon a specific proteolytic event that occurs prior to viral endocytosis. Specifically, a...
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