Paleovirology of 'syncytins', retroviral env genes exapted for a role in placentation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1626, 2013, Pages

  Lavialle, Christian ^a,b   Cornelis, Guillaume ^a,b   Dupressoir, Anne ^a,b   Esnault, Cécile ^a,b   Heidmann, Odile ^a,b   Vernochet, Cécile ^a,b   Heidmann, Thierry ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Cell cell fusion; Endogenous retrovirus; Envelope protein; Placenta; Syncytin

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; GENE EXPRESSION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN; RODENT; SURVIVAL; VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

ENVELOPE PROTEIN; PLACENTA PROTEIN; SYNCYTIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CELL-CELL FUSION; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; ENVELOPE GENE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

CELL-CELL FUSION; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; PLACENTA; SYNCYTIN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; FEMALE; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; GENES, ENV; GENOME; HUMANS; MICE; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS;

EID: 84898672434     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0507     Document Type: Review

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