Co-option of an endogenous retrovirus envelope for host defense in hominid ancestors

Endogenous retroviral sequences provide a molecular fossil record of ancient infections whose analysis might illuminate mechanisms of viral extinction. A close relative of gammaretroviruses, HERV-T, circulated in primates for ~25 million years (MY) before apparent extinction within the past ~8 MY. C...

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Autores principales: Blanco-Melo, Daniel, Gifford, Robert J, Bieniasz, Paul D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2017
Materias:
Genomics and Evolutionary Biology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5388530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28397686
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.22519

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5388530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28397686
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.22519

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