Expression and regulation of human endogenous retrovirus W elements

APMIS

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 52-66

  Li, Fang ^a,b   Karlsson, Håkan ^b  

^a CHANGSHA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aberrant expression; DNA methylation; HERV W; Histone modification; LTR directed; Virus infection

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS W ELEMENT; PROTEIN; SYNCYTIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLACENTA PROTEIN; SYNCYTIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CHROMATIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTONE CODE; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NEOPLASMS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

DNA METHYLATION; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; HISTONE CODE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 84969391827     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apm.12478     Document Type: Review

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