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papovaviridae
double-stranded DNA viruses including:
1) papillomavirus
2) JC virus
3) BK virus
Specific
papillomavirus
polyomavirus
General
DNA virus
oncogenic virus
Properties
KINGDOM: virus
GENOME-TYPE: deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
DOUBLE-STRANDED
GENOME-SIZE: 5-9 kB
ENVELOPE: NONE
CAPSID-SYMMETRY: ICOSAHEDRAL
References
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed.
Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 1066-67
- Humans and Viruses. Human Biology 115A. Winter, 1998
Robert Siegel, instructor
PAPOVAVIRUS FAMILY
http://virus.stanford.edu/papova/papovavirus.html