A Primitive Endogenous Lentivirus in a Colugo: Insights into the Early Evolution of Lentiviruses

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 211-215

  Han, Guan Zhu ^a   Worobey, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermoptera; Endogenous retrovirus; Lentivirus; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DERMOPTERA; EVOLUTION; GALEOPTERUS VARIEGATUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LENTIVIRINAE; LENTIVIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; SISTER GROUP; VIRUS GENOME; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEMURIDAE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY;

DERMOPTERA; LENTIVIRUS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOMICS; LEMUR; LENTIVIRUSES, PRIMATE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84922340089     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msu297     Document Type: Article

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