Molecular cloning and phylogenetic analysis of the human endogenous retrovirus HERV-K long terminal repeat elements in various cancer cells

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 137-141

  Yi, Joo Mi ^a   Kim, Hwan Mook ^b   Kim, Heui Soo ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer cells; HERV K LTR; Molecular Phylogeny; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLASSIFICATION; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0035980047     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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