Molecular characterization of the HERV-W Env gene in humans and primates: Expression, FISH, phylogeny, and evolution

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-60

  Kim, Heui Soo ^a   Kim, Dae Soo ^a   Huh, Jae Won ^a   Ahn, Kung ^a   Yi, Joo Mi ^a   Lee, Ja Rang ^a   Hirai, Hirohisa ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

FISH; Gene expression; HERV W family; Human tissues; Primates; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS W PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTIEN POL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MESSENGER RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME 8; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE PROBE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN FAMILY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHESUS MONKEY; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; ENVELOPE GENE; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; INTRON; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; SCANDENTIA; SHORT INTERSPERSED REPEAT; VIROLOGY;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; HOMO; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS W; MACACA MULATTA; PAN; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; TUPAIA;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENES, ENV; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTRONS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SHORT INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; TUPAIA;

EID: 53449099744     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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