An envelope glycoprotein of the human endogenous retrovirus HERV-W is expressed in the human placenta and fuses cells expressing the type D mammalian retrovirus receptor.
Blond JL, Lavillette D, Cheynet V, Bouton O, Oriol G, Chapel-Fernandes S, Mandrand B, Mallet F, Cosset FL.
Blond JL, et al. Among authors: mallet f.
J Virol. 2000 Apr;74(7):3321-9. doi: 10.1128/jvi.74.7.3321-3329.2000.
J Virol. 2000.
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A new human endogenous retrovirus (HERV) family, termed HERV-W, was recently described (J.-L. Blond, F. Beseme, L. Duret, O. Bouton, F. Bedin, H. Perron, B. Mandrand, and F. Mallet, J. ...
A new human endogenous retrovirus (HERV) family, termed HERV-W, was recently described (J.-L. Blond, F. Beseme, L. Duret, O. Bouton, …