Talk:Endogenous retrovirus

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Contents 1 Difference between Retrotransposon#LTR_retrotransposons and endogenous retrovirus? 2 Identification of ERVs 3 nyer 4 Clarification

[edit] Difference between Retrotransposon#LTR_retrotransposons and endogenous retrovirus?

I've heard a version where retrotransposons containing LTR and endogenous retroviruses are one and the same thing. Personally I can't see the difference. I would appreciate if somebody make the difference clear in the text, or write that they are the same thing. Mortsggah 07:47, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Identification of ERVs

I think this article would benefit from a discussion of identification of ERVs - ie how we know that given piece of DNA is an ERV. 130.225.25.169 13:09, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] nyer

This article is good: New Yorker

[edit] Clarification

Thanks for the interesting article can somone clarify the following?

1. This isn't clear: "During pregnancy ... ERVs are activated and produced in high quantities" ERVs are produced by what? Retroviruses?

2. "viral fusion proteins apparently cause the formation of the placental syncytium" I don't think this has been proven, from the NYker article: "the protein syncytin, which causes placental cells to fuse together, employs the exact mechanism that enables retroviruses to latch on to the cells they infect". Thanks 195.234.175.235 (talk) 12:25, 2 January 2008 (UTC)Sligahan