Human herpesvirus 7 integrates into host telomeres via its telomeric repeat arrays

• Yingnan Cheng,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institut für Virologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR), Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Joilson Xavier,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institut für Virologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR), Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Dusan Kunec,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut für Virologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Jana Reich,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institut für Virologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR), Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Christiana Victoria Cismaru,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institut für Virologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR), Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Dilan Gün Serdar,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institut für Virologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR), Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Thomas Höfler,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas State, United States of America

  Affiliation Institut für Virologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Benedikt B. Kaufer

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: b.kaufer@fu-berlin.de

  Affiliations Institut für Virologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR), Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1328-2695

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