A Comprehensive Analysis of Replicating Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Genomes Delineates the Viral Transcription Program and Suggests a Role for mcv-miR-M1 in Episomal Persistence

• Juliane Marie Theiss,

  Affiliations Research Group Virus Genomics, Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Thomas Günther,

  Affiliation Research Group Virus Genomics, Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany

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• Malik Alawi,

  Affiliations Research Group Virus Genomics, Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany, Bioinformatics Service Facility, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Friederike Neumann,

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Uwe Tessmer †,

  † Deceased.

  Affiliation Research Group Virus Genomics, Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany

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• Nicole Fischer ,

  * E-mail: nfischer@uke.de (NF); adam.grundhoff@hpi.uni-hamburg.de (AG)

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Adam Grundhoff

  * E-mail: nfischer@uke.de (NF); adam.grundhoff@hpi.uni-hamburg.de (AG)

  Affiliation Research Group Virus Genomics, Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany

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