A provirus put to work

Jonathan P. Stoye () and John M Coffin ()
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Jonathan P. Stoye: Medical Research Council
John M Coffin: Tufts University School of Medicine

Nature, 2000, vol. 403, issue 6771, 715-717

Abstract: Retroviruses incorporate themselves into a host genome in the form of a provirus, and can be passed on to the host's offspring. Evidence now emerges that one such provirus has been subverted to benefit of humans and other mammals that have a placenta — its protein product, called syncitin, may play an essential part in placental formation.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1038/35001700

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