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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kim HS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3887755 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molecules and cells 20120504 6
Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) mediate structural variation and genomic instability based on their multiple copy number, inherent ability to mobilize via reverse transcriptase, and high sequence similarity. Moreover, they undergo multiple amplification and retrotransposition events, resulting in the widespread distribution of complete or partial retroviral sequences throughout the primate genome. As such, HERV elements have played important biological roles in genome evolution, and their ...[more]