2013
Rapid Intrahost Evolution of Human Cytomegalovirus Is Shaped by Demography and Positive Selection
Renzette N, Gibson L, Bhattacharjee B, Fisher D, Schleiss M, Jensen J, Kowalik T. Rapid Intrahost Evolution of Human Cytomegalovirus Is Shaped by Demography and Positive Selection. PLOS Genetics 2013, 9: e1003735. PMID: 24086142, PMCID: PMC3784496, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003735.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiological EvolutionCytomegalovirusCytomegalovirus InfectionsDemographyDNA, ViralHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansInfantInfant, NewbornPolymorphism, Single NucleotideSelection, GeneticConceptsPositive selectionCongenital HCMV infectionApplication of population genetic methodsHuman cytomegalovirus evolutionViral populationsPopulation genetic methodsPopulation genetic approachesHuman cytomegalovirusModels of demographyOpen reading frameHCMV populationsHCMV infectionPatterns of variationUnrelated hostsReading frameGenome populationsWeeks gestational ageGenetic approachesGenetic methodsDNA virusesHuman hostPervasive driverHost environmentCompartmental variablesViral evolution
2008
Characterization of sequence variations within HPV16 isolates among Indian women: Prediction of causal role of rare non-synonymous variations within intact isolates in cervical cancer pathogenesis
Bhattacharjee B, Mandal N, Roy S, Sengupta S. Characterization of sequence variations within HPV16 isolates among Indian women: Prediction of causal role of rare non-synonymous variations within intact isolates in cervical cancer pathogenesis. Virology 2008, 377: 143-150. PMID: 18495198, DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.04.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-synonymous changesCharacterization of sequence variationsPolymorphic variationDeleterious to protein functionHPV16 isolatesNon-synonymous variationsRare non-synonymous variationsDeleterious variationHaplotype backgroundNucleotide variationsSIFTS databaseDeleterious mutationsSequence variationSequence variantsProtein functionHPV16 genomeHaplotype analysisHaplotypesFunctional validationCervical cancer pathogenesisE-12IsolatesCaCx developmentCancer pathogenesisProductive infection