Evolution of Foamy Viruses: The Most Ancient of All Retroviruses
Recent evidence indicates that foamy viruses (FVs) are the oldest retroviruses (RVs) that we know and coevolved with their hosts for several hundred million years. This coevolution may have contributed to the non-pathogenicity of FVs, an important factor in development of foamy viral vectors in gene...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2013-09-01
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| Series: | Viruses |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/5/10/2349 |