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Endogenous retroviruses: Endogenous retroviruses and cancer

Endogenous retroviruses: Endogenous retroviruses and cancer

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Endogenous retroviruses: Endogenous retroviruses and cancer

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Full title

Endogenous retroviruses: Endogenous retroviruses and cancer

Publisher

Basel: SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel

Journal title

Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2008-11, Vol.65 (21), p.3366-3382

Language

English

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Publication information

Publisher

Basel: SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel

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Contents

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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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Full title

Endogenous retroviruses: Endogenous retroviruses and cancer

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Record Identifier

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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ISSN

1420-682X

E-ISSN

1420-9071

DOI

10.1007/s00018-008-8496-1

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