Widespread expression of the ancient HERV-K (HML-2) provirus group in normal human tissues.

Human endogenous retrovirus (HERV) transcripts are known to be highly expressed in cancers, yet their activity in nondiseased tissue is largely unknown. Using the GTEx RNA-seq dataset from normal tissue sampled at autopsy, we characterized individual expression of the recent HERV-K (HML-2) provirus...

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Main Authors: Aidan Burn, Farrah Roy, Michael Freeman, John M Coffin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-10-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001826