2001
A HERV-K provirus in chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas, but not humans
Barbulescu M, Turner G, Su M, Kim R, Jensen-Seaman M, Deinard A, Kidd K, Lenz J. A HERV-K provirus in chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas, but not humans. Current Biology 2001, 11: 779-783. PMID: 11378389, DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(01)00227-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransposable genetic elementsDNA sequencing studiesHERV-K provirusesUnique insertion sitesAfrican great apesChimpanzee genomeEvolutionary separationPhylogenetic relationshipsOrthologous positionsCommon ancestorHuman genomeModern speciesPreintegration siteGenetic elementsSequencing studiesGenomeEndogenous retrovirusesHuman evolutionGreat apesLineagesGorillasSpeciesHERVInsertion siteChimpanzees
1999
Many human endogenous retrovirus K (HERV-K) proviruses are unique to humans
Barbulescu M, Turner G, Seaman M, Deinard A, Kidd K, Lenz J. Many human endogenous retrovirus K (HERV-K) proviruses are unique to humans. Current Biology 1999, 9: 861-s1. PMID: 10469592, DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(99)80390-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpen reading frameFull-length open reading frameHuman genome todayReading frameFull length HERVGenome todayGenomes of humansCis-acting sequencesHERV-K provirusesViral open reading framesGorilla genomeHuman genomePrimate evolutionMouse mammary tumor virusComplete sequencingHost genomePreintegration siteHuman endogenous retrovirus KGenomeHERV-K proteinsEndogenous retrovirusesMammary tumor virusTumor virusProvirusMultiple proviruses