Endogenous Retroviruses in the Genomics Era

Annual Review of Virology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 135-159

  Johnson, Welkin E ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous retrovirus; ERV; HERV; LTR; Paleovirology; Retroviridae

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

BETARETROVIRUS; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; GAMMARETROVIRUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRIDAE; REVIEW; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS NOMENCLATURE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; VERTEBRATE; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

ANIMALS; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84969234391     PISSN: 2327056X     EISSN: 23270578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-virology-100114-054945     Document Type: Review

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