Frequency of human endogenous retroviral sequences (HERV) K113 and K115 in the Polish population, and their effect on HIV infection.

BACKGROUND: The human genome contains about 8% of endogenous retroviral sequences originated from germ cell infections by exogenous retroviruses during evolution. Most of those sequences are inactive because of accumulation of mutations but some of them are still capable to be transcribed and transl...

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Main Authors: Katarzyna Zwolińska, Brygida Knysz, Jacek Gąsiorowski, Monika Pazgan-Simon, Andrzej Gładysz, Maciej Sobczyński, Egbert Piasecki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3810129?pdf=render