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Evolutionary reshuffling in the Errantivirus lineage Elbe within the Beta vulgaris genome.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Nov 2012
Wollrab Cora, Heitkam Tony, Holtgräwe Daniela, Weisshaar Bernd, Minoche André E, Dohm Juliane C, Himmelbauer Heinz, Schmidt Thomas
Abstract excerpt
LTR retrotransposons and retroviruses are closely related. Although a viral envelope gene is found in some LTR retrotransposons and all retroviruses, only the latter show infectivity. The identification of Ty3-gypsy-like retrotransposons possessing putative envelope-like open reading frames blurred the taxonomical borders and led to the establishment of the Errantivirus, Metavirus and Chromovirus genera within...
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