Genome-wide screening, cloning, chromosomal assignment, and expression of full-length human endogenous retrovirus type K

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 9187-9195

  Tönjes, Ralf R ^a   Czauderna, Frank ^a   Kurth, Reinhard ^a  

^a PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME 7; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROVIRUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0242374713     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.11.9187-9195.1999     Document Type: Article

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