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Differential Evolutionary Fate of an Ancestral Primate Endogenous Retrovirus Envelope Gene, the EnvV Syncytin, Captured for a Function in Placentation
Syncytins are envelope genes of retroviral origin that have been co-opted for a role in placentation. They promote cell–cell fusion and are involved in the formation of a syncytium layer—the syncytiotrophoblast—at the materno-fetal interface. They were captured independently in eutherian mammals, an...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3610889/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23555306 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003400 |