The Rapidly Expanding Family of Human Polyomaviruses: Recent Developments in Understanding Their Life Cycle and Role in Human Pathology

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  White, Martyn K ^a   Gordon, Jennifer ^a   Khalili, Kamel ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; GENOME SIZE; GENOMICS; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYOMA VIRUS; REVIEW; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; VIRAL TROPISM; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIROLOGY;

POLYOMAVIRIDAE; POLYOMAVIRUS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84875985561     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003206     Document Type: Review

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