ZBED6 binding motifs correlate with endogenous retroviruses and Syncytin genes
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The aliens inside human DNA: HERV-W/MSRV/syncytin-1 endogenous retroviruses and neurodegeneration.
The human genome contains remnants of ancestral retroviruses now endogenously transmitted, called human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs). HERVs can be variably expressed, and both beneficial and detrimental effects have described. This review focuses on the MSRV and syncytin-1 HERV-W elements in relationship to neurodegeneration in view of their neuro-pathogenic and immune-pathogenic properties....
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Virus Evolution
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2057-1577
DOI: 10.1093/ve/veaa083