Human-specific integrations of the HERV-K endogenous retrovirus family.

doi:10.1128/JVI.72.12.9782-9787.1998

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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 mellit...

Topics

Animals
Endogenous Retroviruses
Evolution, Molecular
Gene Amplification
Genetic Variation
Genome, Human
Haplorhini
Hominidae
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Terminal Repeat Sequences
Time Factors
Virus Integration

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