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A novel recombinant retrovirus in the genomes of modern birds combines features of avian and mammalian retroviruses.
Journal of virology - 1 Mar 2014
Henzy Jamie E, Gifford Robert J, Johnson Welkin E, Coffin John M
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) represent ancestral sequences of modern retroviruses or their extinct relatives. The majority of ERVs cluster alongside exogenous retroviruses into two main groups based on phylogenetic analyses of the reverse transcriptase (RT) enzyme. Class I includes gammaretroviruses, and class II includes lentiviruses and alpha-, beta-, and deltaretroviruses. However, analyses of...
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