title: Genomic characterization of two novel reptilian papillomaviruses, Chelonia mydas papillomavirus 1 and Caretta caretta papillomavirus 1.
abstract: In this paper we describe the characterization of the genomes of two sea turtle papillomaviruses, Chelonia mydas PV (CmPV-1) and Caretta caretta PV (CcPV-1). The isolation and sequencing of the first non-avian reptilian PVs extend the evolutionary history of PVs to include all amniotes. PVs have now been described in mammals, birds and non-avian reptiles. The chelonian PVs form a distinct clade most closely related to the avian PVs. Unlike the avian PVs, both chelonian PVs have canonical E6 and E7 ORFs, indicating that these genes were present in the common ancestor to mammalian and non-mammalian amniote PVs. Rates of evolution among the non-mammalian PVs were generally slower than those estimated for mammalian PVs, perhaps due to lower metabolic rates among the ectothermic reptiles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA. herbst@aecom.yu.edu
authors.forename: Lawrence H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Herbst
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lenz
authors.forename: Koenraad
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Van Doorslaer
authors.forename: Zigui
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Brian A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Stacy
authors.forename: James F X
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Wellehan
authors.forename: Charles A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Manire
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Burk
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D043344:Chordata / Q000821:virology*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D023061:Gene Order; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D010802:Phylogeny; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology; D014426:Turtles / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral