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Generation of Merkel Cell Polyomavirus (MCV)-Like Particles and Their Application to Detection of MCV Antibodies
25 Feb 2010
Abstract excerpt
The genome of a new human polyomavirus, known as Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV), has recently been reported to be integrated within the cellular DNA of Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), a rare human skin cancer. To investigate MCV seroprevalence in the general population, we expressed three different MCV VP1 in insect cells using recombinant baculoviruses. Viruslike particles (VLPs) were obtained with only one of the...
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