title: Papillomavirus research: a growth area.
abstract: Recent advances in papillomavirus research have revealed a fascinating picture of diversity among viral types, specificity of tissue infected, and oncogenic potential. Fine mapping of the viral functions may prove invaluable in furthering our understanding of the mechanisms of their interaction with, and transformation of, the host cell.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006801:Humans; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D014170:Transformation, Genetic; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000209:etiology