title: Molecular cloning and partial characterization of a parrot papillomavirus.
abstract: The genome of a papillomavirus isolated from a cutaneous lesion on the head of an African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus timneh) was cloned into pBR322, and a restriction map was prepared. Several short portions of the DNA were sequenced allowing the genome to be aligned with HPV-la. In Southern blot hybridizations, under conditions of low and medium stringency (Tm-40 and -33 degrees), but not at a higher stringency, this viral DNA annealed weakly with only 1 of 17 mammalian papillomavirus genomes tested. Furthermore, PePV DNA hybridized with the DNA from the European chaffinch only at low stringency, indicating that it represents a unique avian papillomavirus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: O'Banion
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Sundberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004279:DNA, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D010311:Parrots; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral