Lack of canonical E6 and E7 open reading frames in bird papillomaviruses: Fringilla coelebs papillomavirus and Psittacus erithacus timneh papillomavirus.
Determination and analyses of the complete sequence of Fringilla coelebs papillomavirus and Psittacus erithacus timneh papillomavirus indicate that they represent a distinct and distant lineage of papillomaviruses. The lack of canonical E6-E7 open reading frames suggests that they serve adaptive functions during papillomavirus evolution.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.
Masanori
M
Terai
Rob
R
DeSalle
Robert D
RD
Burk
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000821:virology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics*
D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral