| characterization of california sea lion polyomavirus 1: expansion of the known host range of the polyomaviridae to carnivora. | the genome of a novel polyomavirus first identified in a proliferative tongue lesion of a california sea lion (zalophus californianus) is reported. this is only the third described polyomavirus of laurasiatherian mammals, is the first of the three associated with a lesion, and is the first known polyomavirus of a host in the order carnivora. predicted large t, small t, vp1, vp2, and vp3 genes were identified based on homology to proteins of known polyomaviruses, and a putative agnoprotein was id ... | 2011 | 21453794 |
| molecular characterization of the first polyomavirus from a new world primate: squirrel monkey polyomavirus. | dna samples from a variety of new world monkeys were screened by using a broad-spectrum pcr targeting the vp1 gene of polyomaviruses. this resulted in the characterization of the first polyomavirus from a new world primate. this virus naturally infects squirrel monkeys (saimiri sp.) and is provisionally named squirrel monkey polyomavirus (squipyv). the complete genome of squipyv is 5,075 bp in length, and encodes the small t and large t antigens and the three structural proteins vp1, vp2 and vp3 ... | 2008 | 18089736 |