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DNA Damage Reduces the Quality, but Not the Quantity of Human Papillomavirus 16 E1 and E2 DNA Replication.
Viruses - 22 Jun 2016
Bristol Molly L, Wang Xu, Smith Nathan W, Son Minkyeong P, Evans Michael R, Morgan Iain M
Abstract excerpt
Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are causative agents in almost all cervical carcinomas. HPVs are also causative agents in head and neck cancer, the cases of which are increasing rapidly. Viral replication activates the DNA damage response (DDR) pathway; associated proteins are recruited to replication foci, and this pathway may serve to allow for viral genome amplification. Likewise, HPV genome double-strand breaks...
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