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

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 9782-9787

  Medstrand, Patrik ^b   Mager, Dixie L ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; EVOLUTION; GORILLA; HUMAN; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0031797726     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.12.9782-9787.1998     Document Type: Article

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