A Missing Link between Retrotransposons and Retroviruses

ABSTRACT The origin and deep evolution of retroviruses remain largely unclear. It has been proposed that retroviruses might have originated from a Ty3/Gypsy retrotransposon, but all known Ty3/Gypsy retrotransposons are only distantly related to retroviruses. Retroviruses and some plant Athila/Tat el...

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Main Authors: Jianhua Wang, Guan-Zhu Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-04-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00187-22