Phylogeny of New Human Endogenous Retroviral Element HERV-S LTR in Human Cancer Cells

Korean Journal of Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 311-316

  Yi, Joo Mi ^a   Kim, Heui Soo ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endogenous retrovirus; HERV S; Human cancer cells; LTR elements; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035733079     PISSN: 02545934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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