Does a new polyomavirus contribute to Merkel cell carcinoma?
Open Access
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Genome Biology
- Vol. 9 (6) , 228
- https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-2008-9-6-228
Abstract
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.Keywords
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