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Molecular cloning and characterisation of a novel type of human papillomavirus 160 isolated from a flat wart of an immunocompetent patient.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Mitsuishi Tsuyoshi, Ohsawa Ikuroh, Kato Toshihiko, Egawa Nagayasu, Kiyono Tohru
Abstract excerpt
More than 150 types of Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) have been isolated from numerous cutaneous and/or mucosal lesions. Flat wart samples on the face from 36 immunocompetent patients were collected and screened for HPV. From one sample, we cloned a putative novel genotype. The novel type consisted of 7779 bp in length with a GC content of 47.1%, containing open reading frames for putative early proteins (E1, E2,...
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