%0 Journal Article %A Meissner, John D. %T Nucleotide sequences and further characterization of human papillomavirus DNA present in the CaSki, SiHa and HeLa cervical carcinoma cell lines %D 1999 %J Journal of General Virology, %V 80 %N 7 %P 1725-1733 %@ 1465-2099 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-80-7-1725 %I Microbiology Society, %X The complete nucleotide sequences of the human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) variants present in the CaSki and SiHa cervical carcinoma cell lines and the primary subgenomic HPV-18 variant present in the HeLa cervical carcinoma cell line were determined using overlapping bulk PCR products as templates. PCR-based methods were also used to characterize five previously unreported CaSki HPV-16 genomic disruptions and the 5′ cellular-viral junction common to all HeLa HPV-18 subgenomic structures. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-80-7-1725