Expression and phylogenetic analyses of human endogenous retrovirus HC2 belonging to the HERV-T family in human tissues and cancer cells

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 285-296

  Yi, Joo Mi ^a,b   Kim, Heui Soo ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer cells; Evolution; Expression; HERV HC2; Human tissues; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, POL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASMS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIRAL REGULATORY PROTEINS;

HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 33947641977     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-007-0115-8     Document Type: Article

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