Recombinant Origin and Interspecies Transmission of a HERV-K(HML-2)-related Primate Retrovirus 1 With a Novel RNA Transport Element
Z. H. Williams, L. Gaucherand, D. C. Lee, S. M. Mostafa, J. Phelan, J. M. Coffin, W. E. Johnson
The paper identifies recent HML-2 provirus activity in rhesus macaques and shows interspecies transmission to gibbons, with a novel RNA transport element replacing the ancestral Rec-RcRE system.
bioRxiv · May 11, 2022Microbiology