Origin and evolution of viruses: Escaped DNA/RNA sequences as evolutionary accelerators and natural biological weapons

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 868-872

  Bubanovic, Ivan ^a   Najman, Stevo ^b   Andjelkovic, Zlatibor ^c  

^a Medica Centre   (Yugoslavia)

^b University Medical School

^c Institute of Histology

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; EPISOME; FLAVIVIRUS; GENE LOCATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOVIRUS; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; VIRUS;

FLAVIVIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; REOVIRUS SP.; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DNA, VIRAL; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RNA, VIRAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 27244447429     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.05.038     Document Type: Article

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