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SUBMITTER: Van Doorslaer K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6171710 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Van Doorslaer Koenraad K Chen Zigui Z Bernard Hans-Ulrich HU Chan Paul K S PKS DeSalle Rob R Dillner Joakim J Forslund Ola O Haga Takeshi T McBride Alison A AA Villa Luisa L LL Burk Robert D RD Ictv Report Consortium
The Journal of general virology 20180621 8
The Papillomaviridae is a family of small, non-enveloped viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes of 5 748 to 8 607 bp. Their classification is based on pairwise nucleotide sequence identity across the L1 open reading frame. Members of the Papillomaviridae primarily infect mucosal and keratinised epithelia, and have been isolated from fish, reptiles, birds and mammals. Despite a long co-evolutionary history with their hosts, some papillomaviruses are pathogens of their natural host species. This ...[more]