The role of genes domesticated from LTR retrotransposons and retroviruses in mammals

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue JUL, 2012, Pages

  Kaneko Ishino, Tomoko ^a   Ishino, Fumitoshi ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development and evolution; Domesticated genes; LTR retrotransposons and ERVs; Mammals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875769579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00262     Document Type: Review

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