Evolutionary dynamics of the human endogenous retrovirus family HERV-K inferred from full-length proviral genomes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 237-243

  Costas, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

HERV; HERV K; HML 2; Human endogenous retrovirus; Interspersed elements; Master gene model; Mosaic evolution; Retrovirus like elements; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMATE; RETROVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PROVIRUSES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0034874891     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002390010213     Document Type: Article

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