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Characterization of porcine endogenous retrovirus gamma pro-pol nucleotide sequences.
Journal of virology - 1 Nov 2002
Klymiuk Nikolai, Müller Mathias, Brem Gottfried, Aigner Bernhard
Abstract excerpt
Endogenous retroviral sequences in the pig genome (PERV) represent a potential infectious risk in xenotransplantation. All known infectious PERV have been asssigned to the PERV gamma1 family, consisting of the subfamilies A, B, and C. The aim of the study was the concise examination of PERV gamma by the analysis of the retroviral pro-pol sequences. The analysis of 52 pro-pol clones amplified in this study...
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