Table 1.
Interpretation for the Percent Resistance After ExoV Digestion and Copy Number Ratio Analyses
HPV genome state | Percent resistance of HPV E6 DNA after ExoV digestion | Ratio of E2/E6, E5/E6, or L2/E6 (not treated with ExoV) |
---|---|---|
Defective episome (plasmid contaminant) | >20% | <0.5 for at least 1 ratio |
Intact episome | >20% | ~1 for all ratios (range 0.8–1.2) |
Integrated type I | <10% | <0.5 for at least 1 ratio |
Integrated type II | <10% | ~1 for all ratios (range 0.8–1.2) |
ExoV, exonuclease V; HPV, human papillomavirus.