RetroSnake: A modular pipeline to detect human endogenous retroviruses in genome sequencing data

Summary: Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) integrated into the human genome as a result of ancient exogenous infections and currently comprise ∼8% of our genome. The members of the most recently acquired HERV family, HERV-Ks, still retain the potential to produce viral molecules and have been li...

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Main Authors: Renata Kabiljo, Harry Bowles, Heather Marriott, Ashley R. Jones, Clement R. Bouton, Richard J.B. Dobson, John P. Quinn, Ahmad Al Khleifat, Chad M. Swanson, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Alfredo Iacoangeli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-11-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222015619