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Late restriction induced by an endogenous retrovirus
2007-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Exogenous retroviruses (i.e. horizontally transmitted) must integrate their proviral DNA into the host's genome as part of the retroviral cycle. Therefore, infections of the germ line can give rise to vertically transmitted endogenous retroviruses (ERVs). ERVs are present in all vertebrates. During evolution, most ERVs have accumulated mutations and/or deletions that hampered their ability to replicate and hence t...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a7fb9ea3-6aac-53ab-a185-25d08a8b5447
- DOI
- 10.5525/gla.thesis.30890