A specific signature of Merkel cell polyomavirus persistence in human cancer cells

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 42, 2008, Pages 16063-16064

  Zur Hausen, Harald ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MERKEL CELL; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NOTE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ONCOGENE;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, VIRAL; HUMANS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; POLYOMAVIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 55849143331     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0808973105     Document Type: Note

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