Kappapapillomavirus

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

Kappapapillomavirus is a genus of viruses in the family Papillomaviridae.[1] Rabbits serve as natural hosts. There are two species in this genus. Diseases associated with this genus include cutaneous and mucosal lesions.[2][3]

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

Structure

Viruses in Kappapapillomavirus are non-enveloped, with icosahedral geometries, and T=7 symmetry. The diameter is around 52-55 nm. Genomes are circular, around 8kb in length. The genome codes for 6 proteins, and has 6, 8 open reading frames.[2]

GenusStructureSymmetryCapsidGenomic arrangementGenomic segmentation
KappapapillomavirusIcosahedralT=7Non-envelopedCircularMonopartite

Life cycle

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