Johannessen, Mona; Walquist, Mari; Gerits, Nancy; Dragset, Marte Singsås; Spang, Anne; Moens, Ugo (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
The human polyomavirus BK (BKV) infects humans worldwide and establishes a persistent infection in the kidney. The BK virus genome encodes three regulatory proteins, large and small tumor-antigen and the agnoprotein, as well as the capsid proteins VP1 to VP3. Agnoprotein is conserved among BKV, JC virus (JCV) and SV40, and agnoprotein-deficient mutants reveal reduced viral propagation. Studies with ...