Merkel cell polyomavirus-infected Merkel cell carcinoma cells require expression of viral T antigens

Journal of Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 7064-7072

  Houben, Roland ^a   Shuda, Masahiro ^b   Weinkam, Rita ^a   Schrama, David ^a   Feng, Huichen ^b   Chang, Yuan ^b   Moore, Patrick S ^b   Becker, Jürgen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 AMINO ACTINOMYCIN D; DACTINOMYCIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MERKEL CELL; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, POLYOMAVIRUS TRANSFORMING; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 77953787613     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02400-09     Document Type: Article

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