A zebrafish reporter line reveals immune and neuronal expression of endogenous retrovirus

• Main Authors: Holly A. Rutherford (Author), Amy Clarke (Author), Emily V. Chambers (Author), Jessica J. Petts (Author), Euan G. Carson (Author), Hannah M. Isles (Author), Alejandra Duque-Jaramillo (Author), Stephen A. Renshaw (Author), Jean-Pierre Levraud (Author), Noémie Hamilton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Company of Biologists, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are fossils left in our genome from retrovirus infections of the past. Their sequences are part of every vertebrate genome and their random integrations are thought to have contributed to evolution. Although ERVs are mainly silenced by the host genome, they have been f...