Pushing the envelope

Primates have co-opted a viral gene to produce an envelope protein that prevents infection by the HERV-T virus and likely contributed to the extinction of this virus.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Julia H Wildschutte, John M Coffin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2017-04-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/26397