Human-Specific HERV-K Insertion Causes Genomic Variations in the Human Genome

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Shin, Wonseok ^a   Lee, Jungnam ^a   Son, Seung Yeol ^a   Ahn, Kung ^b   Kim, Heui Soo ^b   Han, Kyudong ^a  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; DIPLOIDY; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; PAN;

EID: 84876095725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060605     Document Type: Article

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