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Lack of Canonical E6 and E7 Open Reading Frames in Bird Papillomaviruses: <i>Fringilla coelebs</i> Papillomavirus and <i>Psittacus erithacus timneh</i> Papillomavirus

Journal of VirologyPublished 3 September 2002Open access
Masanori Terai, Rob DeSalle, Robert D. Burk
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Determination and analyses of the complete sequence of Fringilla coelebs papillomavirus and Psittacus erithacus timneh papillamavirus indicate that they represent a distinct and distant lineage of papillumaviruses.

Abstract

Determination and analyses of the complete sequence of Fringilla coelebs papillomavirus and Psittacus erithacus timneh papillomavirus indicate that they represent a distinct and distant lineage of papillomaviruses. The lack of canonical E6-E7 open reading frames suggests that they serve adaptive functions during papillomavirus evolution.

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Immunology and MicrobiologyMedicine