Endogenization and excision of human herpesvirus 6 in human genomes.

Endogenization and excision of human herpesvirus 6 in human genomes.

Sequences homologous to human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) are integrated within the nuclear genome of about 1% of humans, but it is not clear how this came about. It is also uncertain whether integrated HHV-6 can reactivate into an infectious virus. HHV-6 integrates into telomeres, and this has recently b...

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Main Authors: Xiaoxi Liu, Shunichi Kosugi, Rie Koide, Yoshiki Kawamura, Jumpei Ito, Hiroki Miura, Nana Matoba, Motomichi Matsuzaki, Masashi Fujita, Anselmo Jiro Kamada, Hidewaki Nakagawa, Gen Tamiya, Koichi Matsuda, Yoshinori Murakami, Michiaki Kubo, Amr Aswad, Kei Sato, Yukihide Momozawa, Jun Ohashi, Chikashi Terao, Tetsushi Yoshikawa, Nicholas F Parrish, Yoichiro Kamatani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-08-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008915

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008915

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