title: Evidence for an endogenous papillomavirus-like element in the platypus genome.
abstract: Papillomaviruses (PVs) infect a wide range of vertebrates and have diversified into multiple genetic types, some of which have serious consequences for human health. Although PVs have to date only been characterized as exogenous viral forms, here we report the observation of an endogenous viral element (EPVLoa) in the genome of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) that is related to PVs. Further data mining for endogenous PV-like elements is therefore warranted.
authors.affiliation: Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.|Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
authors.forename: Edward C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Holmes
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D016678:Genome; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000821:virology; D010802:Phylogeny; D010987:Platypus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000821:virology*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins