• Identification of novel E6-E7 sequence variants of human papillomavirus 16 

      Tsakogiannis, D.; Kyriakopoulou, Z.; Amoutzias, G.; Ruether, I. G. A.; Dimitriou, T. G.; Panotopoulou, E.; Markoulatos, P. (2013)
      The rate of evolution of the human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16) genome is low. However, the ability of the E6 oncoprotein to interact with distinct p53 variants causes selective pressure on the E6 gene. In addition, intratypic ...
    • Molecular and evolutionary analysis of HPV16 E6 and E7 genes in Greek women 

      Tsakogiannis, D.; Papadopoulou, A.; Kontostathi, G.; Ruether, I. G. A.; Kyriakopoulou, Z.; Dimitriou, T. G.; Orfanoudakis, G.; Markoulatos, P. (2013)
      Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) non-European variants have been associated with persistent infection and cervical cancer development, while the L83V variant of the E6 gene has been correlated with the progression of ...