Retroviral invasion of the koala genome

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7098, 2006, Pages 79-81

  Tarlinton, Rachael E ^a   Meers, Joanne ^a   Young, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

KOALA GENOME; KOALA RETROVIRUS (KORV); MAMMALIAN GENOME; RETROVIRAL ENDOGENIZATION;

VIRUSES;

DNA FRAGMENT;

DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; MAMMAL; VIRAL DISEASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; KOALA RETROVIRUS; MALE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

MAMMALIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 33745972414     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04841     Document Type: Article

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