Tissue specificity of enhancer and promoter activities of a HERV-K(HML-2) LTR

Virus Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-16

  Ruda, V M ^a   Akopov, S B ^a   Trubetskoy, D O ^a   Manuylov, N L ^a   Vetchinova, A S ^a   Zavalova, L L ^a   Nikolaev, L G ^a   Sverdlov, E D ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

HERV; human endogenous retrovirus; Human endogenous retrovirus; long terminal repeat; Long terminal repeat; LTR; negative regulatory element; NRE; Tissue specificity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS K; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETROVIRUS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS K; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 2642539950     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2004.02.036     Document Type: Article

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