Detection of Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) in Merkel cell carcinoma cell lines: Cell morphology and growth phenotype do not reflect presence of the virus

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2133-2142

  Fischer, Nicole ^a   Brandner, Johanna ^a   Fuchs, Franca ^a   Moll, Ingrid ^a   Grundhoff, Adam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL VIROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classification; T antigen; Viral integration; Viral transformation

Indexed keywords

VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MERKEL CELL; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MOLECULAR CLONING; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR CELL LINE; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MERKEL CELLS; PHENOTYPE; POLYOMAVIRUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77949883708     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24877     Document Type: Article

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