Formation of a new solo-LTR of the human endogenous retrovirus H family in human chromosome 21

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 360-363

  Huh, Jae Won ^a   Kim, Dae Soo ^a   Ha, Hong Seok ^a   Kim, Tae Hong ^a   Kim, Wook ^b   Kim, Heui Soo ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

HERV H element; Recombination excision; Retrotransposition; Solo LTR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME 21Q; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS H; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; MAMMALIA; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 33846099629     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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