Mupapillomavirus

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

Mupapillomavirus is a genus of viruses in the family Papillomaviridae.[1] Humans serve as natural hosts. There are three species in this genus. Diseases associated with this genus include palmoplantar warts.[2][3]

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

Structure

Viruses in Mupapillomavirus are non-enveloped, with icosahedral geometries, and T=7 symmetry. The diameter is around 52-55 nm. Genomes are circular, around 8kb in length.[2]

GenusStructureSymmetryCapsidGenomic arrangementGenomic segmentation
MupapillomavirusIcosahedralT=7Non-envelopedCircularMonopartite

Life cycle

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