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Does a new polyomavirus contribute to Merkel cell carcinoma?

A new technique designed to hunt for non-human transcripts has identified a novel SV40-like virus present in the majority of Merkel cell carcinomas. Here we examine what it will take to determine whether or not this virus contributes to carcinogenesis.

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Autores principales: Garneski, Kelly M, DeCaprio, James A, Nghiem, Paul
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2481414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18598371
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2008-9-6-228
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spelling pubmed-24814142009-06-16 Does a new polyomavirus contribute to Merkel cell carcinoma? Garneski, Kelly M DeCaprio, James A Nghiem, Paul Genome Biol Minireview A new technique designed to hunt for non-human transcripts has identified a novel SV40-like virus present in the majority of Merkel cell carcinomas. Here we examine what it will take to determine whether or not this virus contributes to carcinogenesis. BioMed Central 2008 2008-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC2481414/ /pubmed/18598371 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2008-9-6-228 Text en Copyright © 2008 BioMed Central Ltd
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Does a new polyomavirus contribute to Merkel cell carcinoma?
title Does a new polyomavirus contribute to Merkel cell carcinoma?
title_full Does a new polyomavirus contribute to Merkel cell carcinoma?
title_fullStr Does a new polyomavirus contribute to Merkel cell carcinoma?
title_full_unstemmed Does a new polyomavirus contribute to Merkel cell carcinoma?
title_short Does a new polyomavirus contribute to Merkel cell carcinoma?
title_sort does a new polyomavirus contribute to merkel cell carcinoma?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2481414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18598371
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2008-9-6-228
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