Merkel cell polyomavirus: A newly discovered human virus with oncogenic potential

Virology

Volumn 435, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 118-130

  Spurgeon, Megan E ^a   Lambert, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA tumor virus; MCPyV; MCV; Merkel; Merkel cell carcinoma; Merkel cell polyomavirus; Polyomavirus; Tumor antigen

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PROTEIN VP1; PROTEIN VP2; PROTEIN VP3; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN; VIRUS SMALL T ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CELL CYCLE ARREST; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ATTACHMENT; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS ENTRY; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSFORMATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL, TUMOR; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRAL TROPISM; VIRUS REPLICATION;

POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 84870662318     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2012.09.029     Document Type: Review

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