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Endogenous Retroviruses: With Us and against Us

Mammalian genomes are scattered with thousands of copies of endogenous retroviruses (ERVs), mobile genetic elements that are relics of ancient retroviral infections. After inserting copies into the germ line of a host, most ERVs accumulate mutations that prevent the normal assembly of infectious vir...

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Autores principales: Meyer, Thomas J., Rosenkrantz, Jimi L., Carbone, Lucia, Chavez, Shawn L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5384584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28439515
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2017.00023