Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the human endogenous retrovirus HERV-W LTR family in hominoid primates

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 122-126

  Huh, Jae Won ^a   Hong, Kyung Won ^a   Yi, Joo Mi ^a   Kim, Tae Hyung ^a   Takenaka, Osamu ^b   Lee, Won Ho ^a   Kim, Heui Soo ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolution; HERV W; Hominoids; LTR Elements; Phylogeny; Primates

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE; RETROVIRUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; GENETICS; GORILLA; HAPLORHINI; HOMINID; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

HOMO; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS W; HYLOBATES SP.; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; HYLOBATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 0038517006     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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