Characterization of human MMTV-like (HML) elements similar to a sequence that was highly expressed in a human breast cancer: Further definition of the HML-6 group

Virology

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-35

  Yin, Hong ^a   Medstrand, Patrik ^a   Kristofferson, Anna ^a   Dietrich, Ursula ^b   Åman, Pierre ^c   Blomberg, Jonas ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE FOR TUMOR BIOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Germany)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chromosomal localization; Evolutionary relationship; HERV; Human MMTV like sequence

Indexed keywords

DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHATASE; GAG PROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 6; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRID CELL; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CARCINOMA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0033616527     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1998.9587     Document Type: Article

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