An alternative approach to medical genetics based on modern evolutionary biology. Part 4: HERVs in cancer

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 474-480

  Ryan, Frank P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CARCINOGENESIS; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MEDICAL GENETICS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; ONCOGENE; POLYCYTHEMIA; RETROPOSON; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VIRUS PARTICLE; WART VIRUS;

EID: 70449337788     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2009.090289     Document Type: Review

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