Human Endogenous Retrovirus K Rec forms a Regulatory Loop with MITF that Opposes the Progression of Melanoma to an Invasive Stage

The HML2 subfamily of HERV-K (henceforth HERV-K) represents the most recently endogenized retrovirus in the human genome. While the products of certain HERV-K genomic copies are expressed in normal tissues, they are upregulated in several pathological conditions, including various tumors. It remains...

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Main Authors: Manvendra Singh, Huiqiang Cai, Mario Bunse, Cédric Feschotte, Zsuzsanna Izsvák
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-11-01
Series:Viruses
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Rec
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/11/1303