Introducing...
...faculty sponsor, Dr. Samuel Campos, Assistant
Research Professor Bio 5 Institute. The Campos Research Laboratory
studies early events of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection.
HPVs are small non-enveloped DNA viruses that infect human
epithelial tissues and cause a variety of lesions ranging
from benign warts to cervical cancers. Although over 100
types of HPVs have been identified, HPV16 is the most prevalent
of the oncogenic HPV types and is alone responsible for more
than 50% of cervical cancers in women worldwide. In order
to establish an infection, HPV16 virions must bind and penetrate
host cells, ultimately delivering their genomes to the host
cell nucleus to initiate early gene expression, cell cycle
progression, and genome replication. We study the dynamic
processes of host cell penetration by HPV16 with the goals
of identifying and understanding the host protein-HPV16 capsid
interactions involved in binding, uptake, trafficking, endosomal
escape, and uncoating of HPV16 virions.
E-mail: skcampos@email.arizona.edu
URL: http://bio5.arizona.edu/bio5/database.php?cmd=fac&faculty_id=3267
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