PDZ Domains and Viral Infection: Versatile Potentials of HPV-PDZ Interactions in relation to Malignancy
Cervical cancer is caused by high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs), and a unique characteristic of these is a PDZ (P̲SD-95/D̲lg/Z̲O-1-)binding motif in their E6 proteins. Through this motif HPV E6 interacts with a variety of PDZ domain-containing proteins and targets them mainly for degradation. T...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2013-01-01
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Series: | BioMed Research International |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/369712 |