Endogenous retroviruses: Endogenous retroviruses - Aiding and abetting genomic plasticity

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 3327-3328

  Eiden, M V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous retrovirus; Evolution; Exogenous retrovirus; Germ line; Insertional mutagenesis; Retroelements; Symbionts

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC RNA;

EDITORIAL; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; ENVELOPE GENE; HOST; HOST RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASTICITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROVIRUS; VERTEBRATE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CELL TRANSFORMATION; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, VIRAL; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GERM CELLS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PROVIRUSES; VERTEBRATES; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

EID: 55549090309     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-008-8493-4     Document Type: Editorial

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