Nomenclature for endogenous retrovirus (ERV) loci

Abstract Retroviral integration into germline DNA can result in the formation of a vertically inherited proviral sequence called an endogenous retrovirus (ERV). Over the course of their evolution, vertebrate genomes have accumulated many thousands of ERV loci. These sequences provide useful retrospe...

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Main Authors: Robert J. Gifford, Jonas Blomberg, John M. Coffin, Hung Fan, Thierry Heidmann, Jens Mayer, Jonathan Stoye, Michael Tristem, Welkin E. Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Retrovirology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12977-018-0442-1