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Cellular and viral factors regulating Merkel cell polyomavirus replication.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Feng Huichen, Kwun Hyun Jin, Liu Xi, Gjoerup Ole, Stolz Donna B, Chang Yuan, Moore Patrick S
Abstract excerpt
Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV), a previously unrecognized component of the human viral skin flora, was discovered as a mutated and clonally-integrated virus inserted into Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) genomes. We reconstructed a replicating MCV clone (MCV-HF), and then mutated viral sites required for replication or interaction with cellular proteins to examine replication efficiency and viral gene expression....
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