Human papillomavirus type 16 E6 induces cell competition.
High-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infections induce squamous epithelial tumors in which the virus replicates.Initially, the virus-infected cells are untransformed, but expand in both number and area at the Sandals expense of uninfected squamous epithelial cells.We have developed an in vitro assay in which colonies of post-confluent HPV16 express