A syncytin-like endogenous retrovirus envelope gene of the guinea pig specifically expressed in the placenta junctional zone and conserved in Caviomorpha

Placenta

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 885-892

  Vernochet, C ^a,b   Heidmann, O ^a,b   Dupressoir, A ^a,b   Cornelis, G ^a,b   Dessen, P ^a,b   Catzeflis, F ^c   Heidmann, T ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Caviomorpha; Endogenous retrovirus; Envelope gene; Placenta; Syncytin

Indexed keywords

RNA; SYNCYTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GUINEA PIG; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLACENTA; PLACENTA JUNCTION ZONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOBLAST; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; GUINEA PIGS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; RODENTIA;

EID: 80555122994     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: 15323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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