Reconstruction of a replication-competent ancestral murine endogenous retrovirus-L
Abstract Background About 10% of the mouse genome is composed of endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) that represent a molecular fossil record of past retroviral infections. One such retrovirus, murine ERV-L (MuERV-L) is an env-deficient ERV that has undergone episodic proliferation, with the most recent...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-05-01
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| Series: | Retrovirology |
| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12977-018-0416-3 |