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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS

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biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology

Extrachromosomal Amplification of Human Papillomavirus Episomes Is a Mechanism of Cervical Carcinogenesis

Cancer research, Volume 83, No. 11, Year 2023

SIGNIFICANCE: Multimers of the HPV genome are generated in cervical tumors replicating as extrachromosomal episomes, which is associated with deletion and rearrangement of the HPV genome and provides a mechanism for oncogenesis without integration.

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Cancer