Multiple complex families of endogenous retroviruses are highly conserved in the genus Gallus
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Multiple complex families of endogenous retroviruses are highly conserved in the genus Gallus.
We have analyzed the genome of the domestic chicken for the presence of genetic sequences related to the envelope protein-encoding genes of avian sarcoma/leukosis retroviruses to determine the organization, structure, potential functionality, and distribution of such sequences. We have previously identified in the genus Gallus an extensive group of endogenous avian retroviruses termed EAV-0. So...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Virology
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0022-538X,1098-5514
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.66.8.4919-4929.1992