The gene of retroviral origin syncytin I is specific to hominoids and is inactive in old world monkeys

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 100-106

  Cáceres, Mario ^a   Thomas, James W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SYNCYTIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENETIC PURITY; GENOME; HEREDITY; HOMINOID; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; RETROVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; EVOLUTION; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PAPIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; HOMO; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS W; PRIMATES;

EID: 33644897364     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esj011     Document Type: Article

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