Gypsy endogenous retrovirus maintains potential infectivity in several species of Drosophilids |
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| Authors: | Jose V Llorens Jonathan B Clark Isabel Martínez-Garay Sirena Soriano Rosa de Frutos María J Martínez-Sebastián |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Departament de Genètica,Universitat de València,Valencia,Spain;2.Department of Zoology,Weber State University,Ogden,USA |
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| Abstract: | Background Sequences homologous to the gypsy retroelement from Drosophila melanogaster are widely distributed among drosophilids. The structure of gypsy includes an open reading frame resembling the retroviral gene env, which is responsible for the infectious properties of retroviruses. |
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