Identification of an endogenous retroviral envelope gene with fusogenic activity and placenta-specific expression in the rabbit: a new "syncytin" in a third order of mammals
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- 27 November 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Retrovirology
- Vol. 6 (1) , 107
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-4690-6-107
Abstract
Syncytins are envelope genes of retroviral origin that have been co-opted by the host to mediate a specialized function in placentation. Two of these genes have already been identified in primates, as well as two distinct, non orthologous genes in rodents.Keywords
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