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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-08-01
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Series: | Retrovirology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12977-018-0442-1 |