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Endogenous lentivirus in Malayan colugo (Galeopterus variegatus), a close relative of primates

Hron T 1 , Fábryová H 2 , Pačes J 3 , Elleder D 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Prague, Czech Republic. tomas.hron@img.cas.cz
  • 2 Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Prague, Czech Republic. helena.fabryova@img.cas.cz
  • 3 Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Prague, Czech Republic. jan.paces@img.cas.cz
  • 4 Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Prague, Czech Republic. daniel.elleder@img.cas.cz
Retrovirology, 2014;11:84.
PMID: 25280529 DOI: 10.1186/s12977-014-0084-x

Abstract

A significant fraction of mammalian genomes is composed of endogenous retroviral (ERV) sequences that are formed by germline infiltration of various retroviruses. In contrast to other retroviral genera, lentiviruses only rarely form ERV copies. We performed a computational search aimed at identification of novel endogenous lentiviruses in vertebrate genomes.

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