Endogenous retroviruses: Endogenous retroviruses and cancer
Endogenous retroviruses: Endogenous retroviruses and cancer
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Basel: SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
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English
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Basel: SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
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The genomes of vertebrates contain sequences that are similar to present-day exogenous retroviruses. Such sequences, called endogenous retroviruses (ERVs), have resulted from ancestral germ line infections by exogenous retroviruses which have thereafter been transmitted in a Mendelian fashion. By analogy to exogenous tumorigenic retroviruses,...
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Endogenous retroviruses: Endogenous retroviruses and cancer
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_11131668
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_11131668
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1420-682X
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1420-9071
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10.1007/s00018-008-8496-1