Human endogenous retroviruses in the primate lineage and their influence on host genomes

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 448-456

  Mayer, J ^a   Meese, E ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENOME; GERM LINE; HOST; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; GENOME; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES;

HOMO SAPIENS; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; PRIMATES;

EID: 23844554127     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084977     Document Type: Review

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