| Literature DB >> 27218853 |
Aris Katzourakis1, Amr Aswad2.
Abstract
Endogenous viruses are occasionally co-opted by their hosts to combat other viruses. The discovery of the widespread recruitment of endogenous viruses as regulatory elements for immune genes points to a systematic evolutionary process in their co-option for host immunity.Mesh:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27218853 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.072
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN: 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834