Detection of human endogenous retrovirus K (HERV-K) transcripts in human prostate cancer cell lines

Frontiers in Oncology

Volumn 3 JUL, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Agoni, Lorenzo ^a   Guha, Chandan ^a   Lenz, Jack ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Endogenous retroviruses; Evolution; HERV K; Prostate cancer; RT PCR; Unconventional splicing

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS K; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROSTATE CANCER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 84891068492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2234943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2013.00180     Document Type: Article

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