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Gypsy endogenous retrovirus maintains potential infectivity in several species of Drosophilids

BACKGROUND: Sequences homologous to the gypsy retroelement from Drosophila melanogaster are widely distributed among drosophilids. The structure of gypsy includes an open reading frame resembling the retroviral gene env, which is responsible for the infectious properties of retroviruses. RESULTS: In...

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Autores principales: Llorens, Jose V, Clark, Jonathan B, Martínez-Garay, Isabel, Soriano, Sirena, de Frutos, Rosa, Martínez-Sebastián, María J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2585583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18976468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-302