title: Human papillomavirus type 2c is identical to human papillomavirus type 27.
abstract: Human papillomavirus type 27 (HPV-27) and HPV-2c are isolates of the same virus as judged by genomic sequence identity. In a 400-bp stretch of the long control region and the E6 and L1 genes no changes were found between HPV-27 and HPV-2c whereas 55 changes were found between HPV-27 and HPV-2a. This justifies the elevation of HPV-2c to type status and strongly suggests its identity with HPV-27. This reassessment makes HPV-27 one of the most abundant viruses associated with common warts.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Papillomavirus Biology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Delius
authors.forename: H U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Bernard
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004279:DNA, Viral; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral