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Comparative analysis of CpG islands in equine infectious anemia virus strains.
Virus genes - 1 Jun 2020
Liu Qiang, Yu Yue-Yang, Wang Huai-Yu
Abstract excerpt
Increasing evidence suggests that DNA methylation has key roles in the replication of retroviruses, including lentiviruses, and pathogenesis of diseases. However, the precise characteristics of CpG islands are not known for many retroviruses. In this study, we compared the distribution of CpG islands among strains of equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV), a lentivirus in the family Retroviridae and a model for...
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