Biology · Microbiology and Virology
Which one of the following statements about human papillomavirus (HPV) is correct?
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- 1The viral structural protein-encoding genes occasionally integrate into the host genome, leading to cervical cancer.
- 2The viral protein E7 promotes Rb binding to E2F, which allows uncontrolled entry into the S Phase of the cell cycle.
- 3The viral protein E6 binds to p53 and prevents its degradation.
- 4They infect cervical epithelial cells and maintain themselves in a latent phase as extrachromosomal plasmids.✓
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They infect cervical epithelial cells and maintain themselves in a latent phase as extrachromosomal plasmids.
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