Endogenous retroviruses in the human genome sequence

作者: David J Griffiths

DOI: 10.1186/GB-2001-2-6-REVIEWS1017

关键词: Endogenous retrovirusHuman geneticsComparative genomicsSequence (medicine)GenomicsGenomeBiologyHuman genomeENCODEGenetics

摘要: The human genome contains many endogenous retroviral sequences, and these have been suggested to play important roles in a number of physiological pathological processes. Can the draft sequences help us define role elements more closely?

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