Evolution of endogenous retroviruses in the Suidae: evidence for different viral subpopulations in African and Eurasian host species

BACKGROUND: Porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs) represent remnants of an exogenous form that have become integrated in the domestic pig (Sus scrofa) genome. Although they are usually inactive, the capacity of γ1 ERVs to infect human cells in vitro has raised concerns about xenotransplantation be...

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Autores principales: Nascimento, Fabrícia F, Gongora, Jaime, Charleston, Michael, Tristem, Michael, Lowden, Stewart, Moran, Chris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3128044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21609472
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-139

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3128044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21609472
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-139

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