2013-09-20Zeitschriftenartikel
HERV-K(HML-2), the best preserved family of HERVs: endogenization, expression, and implications in health and disease
Hohn, Oliver; Hanke, Kirsten; Bannert, Norbert
Retroviruses that have the ability to infect germ line cells can become an integral and inherited part of the host genome. About 8% of the human chromosomal DNA consists of sequences derived from infections by retroviruses ...