Article
Human-specific integrations of the HERV-K endogenous retrovirus family.
Journal of virology - 1 Dec 1998
Medstrand P, Mager D L
Abstract excerpt
Several distinct families of endogenous retrovirus-like sequences (HERVs) exist in the genomes of humans and other primates. One of these families, the HERV-K group, contains members that encode functional proteins and that have been implicated in the etiology of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Because of potential functional and disease relevance, it is important to determine if there are...
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