Protein-mediated viral latency is a novel mechanism for Merkel cell polyomavirus persistence [Microbiology]

Viral latency, in which a virus genome does not replicate independently of the host cell genome and produces no infectious particles, is required for long-term virus persistence. There is no known latency mechanism for chronic small DNA virus infections. Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV) causes an aggressive skin cancer after prolonged...

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