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Presence and phylogenetic analysis of HERV-K LTR on human X and Y chromosomes: evidence for recent proliferation.
Genes & genetic systems - 1 Oct 1999
Kim H S, Crow T J
Abstract excerpt
The K group of human endogenous retroviruses (HERV-K) has been suggested to have a role in disease and has recently been shown to include long terminal repeat (LTR) elements that are human specific. Here we investigated the presence of HERV-K LTRs on the human X and Y chromosomes with the use of PCR on a monochromosomal somatic cell hybrid DNA panel. We report twelve such sequences on the X chromosome and ten...
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