Wildschutte Julia H, Coffin John M
Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, United States.
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University, Boston, United States.
Elife. 2017 Apr 13;6:e26397. doi: 10.7554/eLife.26397.
Primates have co-opted a viral gene to produce an envelope protein that prevents infection by the HERV-T virus and likely contributed to the extinction of this virus.
灵长类动物利用一种病毒基因来产生一种包膜蛋白,这种蛋白可防止被HERV-T病毒感染,并且可能导致了这种病毒的灭绝。