Identification and detection of a novel human endogenous retrovirus-related gene, and structural characterization of its related elements

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 704-708

  Liang, Qiaoyi ^a   Ding, Jiayi ^a   Zheng, Shu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Endogenous retrovirus; Noncoding RNA; Quantitative real time PCR; RT PCR; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH CANCER; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS GENE;

HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS H; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES;

EID: 73449090126     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572009005000082     Document Type: Article

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