Identification of a functional envelope protein from the HERV-K family of human endogenous retroviruses

Journal of Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 15573-15577

  Dewannieux, Marie ^a   Blaise, Sandra ^a,b   Heidmann, Thierry ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE PROTEIN; GAG PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; POL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL STRAIN COS7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENVELOPE GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE HERV K; GERM LINE; GROUP SPECIFIC ANTIGEN GENE; HAMSTER; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; RAT; RETROVIRUS; STRUCTURAL GENE; SYNCYTIN GENE; VERO CELL; VIRUS GENE;

ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; GENES, ENV; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CRICETINAE; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 29744442929     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.79.24.15573-15577.2005     Document Type: Article

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