Identification, characterization and comparative genomics of chimpanzee endogenous retroviruses

Genome Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Polavarapu, Nalini ^a   Bowen, Nathan J ^a   McDonald, John F ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHIMPANZEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSPOSITION; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOMICS; GORILLA; HUMAN; MONKEY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORANG UTAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; GENETICS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

CARNATION ETCHED RING VIRUS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; EUKARYOTA; PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PLATYRRHINI; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; RETROELEMENTS;

EID: 33745617378     PISSN: 1474760X     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2006-7-6-r51     Document Type: Article

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