KEGG   GENOME: Merkel cell polyomavirus
Entry
T40051            Viral     Genome                                 
Name
Merkel cell polyomavirus
  Vtax
493803  Merkel cell polyomavirus
Taxonomy
TAX:493803
  Lineage
Viruses; Monodnaviria; Shotokuvirae; Cossaviricota; Papovaviricetes; Sepolyvirales; Polyomaviridae; Alphapolyomavirus; Alphapolyomavirus quintihominis
  Sequence
Brite
KEGG selected viruses [br08622.html]
 Human and animal pathogens
  T40051
Disease
Merkel cell carcinoma [DS:H01555]
  Host
Homo sapiens [GN:hsa]
Other DBs
Virus-HostDB: 493803
Reference
  Authors
Schowalter RM, Pastrana DV, Pumphrey KA, Moyer AL, Buck CB
  Title
Merkel cell polyomavirus and two previously unknown polyomaviruses are chronically shed from human skin.
  Journal
Cell Host Microbe 7:509-15 (2010)
DOI:10.1016/j.chom.2010.05.006
Reference
  Authors
Spurgeon ME, Lambert PF
  Title
Merkel cell polyomavirus: a newly discovered human virus with oncogenic potential.
  Journal
Virology 435:118-30 (2013)
DOI:10.1016/j.virol.2012.09.029
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