Genome mining shows that retroviruses are pervasively invading vertebrate genomes
Abstract Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) record past retroviral infections, providing molecular archives for interrogating the evolution of retroviruses and retrovirus-host interaction. However, the vast majority of ERVs are not active anymore due to various disruptive mutations, and ongoing retrovir...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-08-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40732-w |