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Bornavirus DNA in the mammalian genome

submitted by profvrr on January 13, 2010
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Tags: bornavirus , endogenous , virus
Source: www.virology.ws
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The chromosomal DNA of several mammals has been found to contain sequences related to the nucleoprotein (N) gene of bornaviruses, enveloped viruses with a negative-strand RNA genome. I am amazed by this finding. How did bornaviral DNA get in our chromosomes, and what is it doing there?
 
 

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