Comparative analyses of LTRs of the ERV-H family of primate-specific retrovirus-like elements isolated from marmoset, African green monkey, and man

Virology

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-30

  Anderssen, Sølvi ^a   Sjøttem, Eva ^a   Svineng, Gunbjørg ^a   Johansen, Terje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOGENOUS VIRUS; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0031582646     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1997.8590     Document Type: Article

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