Retroviruses, ascorbate, and mutations, in the evolution of Homo sapiens

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 130-132

  Challem, Jack J ^b   Taylor, E Will ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alu; Ascorbate; Endogenous retroviruses; Evolution; Free radicals; Gulonolactone oxidase; Reverse transcriptase; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; GULONOLACTONE OXIDASE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FREE RADICALS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MUTATION; RETROVIRIDAE;

ANTHROPOIDEA; HOMO SAPIENS; PRIMATES; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 17744408229     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(98)00034-3     Document Type: Article

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