A comparative portrait of retroviral fusogens and syncytins

Cell Fusions: Regulation and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 63-115

  Pérot, Philippe ^a   Montgiraud, Cécile ^b   Lavillette, Dimitri ^c   Mallet, François ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFECTIOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

endogenous retrovirus; enJSRV; envelope; Fusion; hASCT1; hASCT2; HYAL2; MFSD2; placenta; receptor; retrovirus; Syncytin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872672461     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9772-9_4     Document Type: Chapter

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