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Characterization of human papillomavirus type 120: a novel betapapillomavirus with tropism for multiple anatomical niches.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Aug 2012
Bottalico Danielle, Chen Zigui, Kocjan Boštjan J, Seme Katja, Poljak Mario, Burk Robert D
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies indicate that human papillomaviruses (HPVs) from the genera Betapapillomavirus and Gammapapillomavirus are abundant in the human oral cavity. We report the cloning and characterization of a 7304 bp HPV120 genome from the oral cavity that is related most closely to HPV23 (L1 ORF, 83.7 % similarity), clustering it in the genus Betapapillomavirus (β-PV). HPV120 contains five early and two late genes,...
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