Molecular characterization and placental expression of HERV-W, a new human endogenous retrovirus family

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1175-1185

  Blond, Jean Luc ^a   Besème, Frédéric ^a   Duret, Laurent ^b   Bouton, Olivier ^a   Bedin, Frédéric ^a   Perron, Hervé ^a   Mandrand, Bernard ^a   Mallet, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PURINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GENE; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STOP CODON; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

EID: 0344450781     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.2.1175-1185.1999     Document Type: Article

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