Histone Modifications in Papillomavirus Virion Minichromosomes
Samuel S. Porter,
Jennifer C. Liddle,
Kristen Browne,
Diana V. Pastrana,
Benjamin A. Garcia,
Christopher B. Buck,
Matthew D. Weitzman,
Alison A. McBride
Affiliations
Samuel S. Porter
Laboratory of Viral Diseases, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Jennifer C. Liddle
Epigenetics Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Kristen Browne
Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch (BCBB), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Laboratory of Viral Diseases, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
A relatively unique feature of papillomaviruses is that the viral genome is associated with host histones inside the virion. However, little is known about the nature of the epigenome within papillomavirions or its biological relevance to the infectious viral cycle.
