Lack of canonical E6 and E7 open reading frames in bird papillomaviruses: Fringilla coelebs papillomavirus and Psittacus erithacus timneh papillomavirus

Masanori Terai; Rob DeSalle; Robert D Burk

doi:10.1128/jvi.76.19.10020-10023.2002

Lack of canonical E6 and E7 open reading frames in bird papillomaviruses: Fringilla coelebs papillomavirus and Psittacus erithacus timneh papillomavirus

J Virol. 2002 Oct;76(19):10020-3. doi: 10.1128/jvi.76.19.10020-10023.2002.

Authors

Masanori Terai¹, Rob DeSalle, Robert D Burk

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Birds / virology*
Molecular Sequence Data
Oncogene Proteins, Viral / chemistry
Oncogene Proteins, Viral / genetics*
Open Reading Frames*
Papillomaviridae / genetics*

Substances

Oncogene Proteins, Viral

Associated data

GENBANK/AF394740
GENBANK/AF420235
GENBANK/AF443292
GENBANK/AF457465
GENBANK/AF486184
GENBANK/AY057109