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Tumorigenic activity of merkel cell polyomavirus T antigens expressed in the stratified epithelium of mice.
Cancer research - 15 Mar 2015
Spurgeon Megan E, Cheng Jingwei, Bronson Roderick T, Lambert Paul F, DeCaprio James A
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Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) is frequently associated with Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), a highly aggressive neuroendocrine skin cancer. Most MCC tumors contain integrated copies of the viral genome with persistent expression of the MCPyV large T (LT) and small T (ST) antigen. MCPyV isolated f...
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