Gammapapillomavirus

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Gammapapillomavirus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Monodnaviria
Kingdom: Shotokuvirae
Phylum: Cossaviricota
Class: Papovaviricetes
Order: Zurhausenvirales
Family: Papillomaviridae
Genus: Gammapapillomavirus

Gammapapillomavirus is a genus of viruses in the family Papillomaviridae.[1] Human serve as their natural hosts. There are 27 species in this genus. Diseases associated with this genus include warts and papillomas.[2][3]

The following 27 species are assigned to the genus:[3]

Structure

Viruses in Gammapapillomavirus are non-enveloped, with icosahedral geometries, and T=7 symmetry. The diameter is around 60 nm. Genomes are circular, around 8kb in length.[2]

GenusStructureSymmetryCapsidGenomic arrangementGenomic segmentation
GammapapillomavirusIcosahedralT=7Non-envelopedCircularMonopartite

Life cycle

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