title: Human papillomavirus type 16 DNA in an odontogenic keratocyst.
abstract: DNA was extracted from an odontogenic keratocyst and assayed for the presence of human papilloma virus (HPV) type 16 DNA sequences using high stringency Southern blot hybridization. HPV type 16 homologous DNA sequences were detected at a copy number of 50-100 genome copies per diploid cell. The oral HPV DNA was not identical to the prototype HPV 16 when cleaved with the restriction enzyme Pst-I, since it appeared to lack the Pst-I C fragment (L2/L1 ORFs) and contained "off-sized" high molecular weight fragments suggestive of integration events into the host cell chromosome.
authors.affiliation: Centre for the Study of Oral Disease, University Department of Oral Medicine, Surgery and Pathology, Bristol Dental Hospital and School, England.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eveson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scully
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D009807:Odontogenic Cysts / Q000382:microbiology*; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral