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Merkel Cell Polyomavirus: Molecular Insights into the Most Recently Discovered Human Tumour Virus

A fifth of worldwide cancer cases have an infectious origin, with viral infection being the foremost. One such cancer is Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), a rare but aggressive skin malignancy. In 2008, Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) was discovered as the causative agent of MCC. It is found clonally in...

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Autores principales: Stakaitytė, Gabrielė, Wood, Jennifer J., Knight, Laura M., Abdul-Sada, Hussein, Adzahar, Noor Suhana, Nwogu, Nnenna, Macdonald, Andrew, Whitehouse, Adrian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4190541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24978434
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers6031267