Human endogenous retrovirus family HERV-K(HML-2) RNA transcripts are selectively packaged into retroviral particles produced by the human germ cell tumor line tera-1 and originate mainly from a provirus on chromosome 22q11.21

Journal of Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 10008-10016

  Ruprecht, Klemens ^a   Ferreira, Humberto ^a   Flockerzi, Aline ^a   Wahl, Silke ^a   Sauter, Marlies ^a   Mayer, Jens ^a   Mueller Lantzsch, Nikolaus ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL CLONE; CHROMOSOME 22Q; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; HUMAN GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUTATION RATE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; RETROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TERATOCARCINOMA; TESTIS CARCINOMA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TUMOR CELL LINE; VIRUS PARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 22; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; VIRION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION;

HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS W;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; HUMANS; PROVIRUSES; RNA, VIRAL; VIRION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

EID: 53749108111     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01016-08     Document Type: Article

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