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Distinct merkel cell polyomavirus molecular features in tumour and non tumour specimens from patient...

Distinct merkel cell polyomavirus molecular features in tumour and non tumour specimens from patient...

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Distinct merkel cell polyomavirus molecular features in tumour and non tumour specimens from patients with merkel cell carcinoma

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Distinct merkel cell polyomavirus molecular features in tumour and non tumour specimens from patients with merkel cell carcinoma

Publisher

United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PLoS pathogens, 2010-08, Vol.6 (8), p.e1001076-e1001076

Language

English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Merkel Cell Polyomavirus (MCPyV) is associated with Merkel Cell carcinoma (MCC), a rare, aggressive skin cancer with neuroendocrine features. The causal role of MCPyV is highly suggested by monoclonal integration of its genome and expression of the viral large T (LT) antigen in MCC cells. We investigated and characterized MCPyV molecular features i...

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Distinct merkel cell polyomavirus molecular features in tumour and non tumour specimens from patients with merkel cell carcinoma

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1289106067

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1289106067

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ISSN

1553-7374,1553-7366

E-ISSN

1553-7374

DOI

10.1371/journal.ppat.1001076

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