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Retroviridae

Known as: Retrovirus, Virus-Retrovirus, retroviral 
Family of RNA viruses that infects birds and mammals and encodes the enzyme reverse transcriptase. The family contains seven genera: DELTARETROVIRUS… 
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BetaretrovirusDeltaretrovirusGammaretrovirusGenus Alpharetrovirus
Bovine foamy virusFeline foamy virusGAG GeneGenes, env

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RNA Viruses

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Highly Cited
2019
Highly Cited
2019
SMARCAD1 ATPase activity is required to silence endogenous retroviruses in embryonic stem cells
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) can confer benefits to their host but present a threat to genome integrity if not regulated… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Increasing complexity of Ras signaling
The initial discovery that ras genes endowed retroviruses with potent carcinogenic properties and the subsequent determination… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Disruption of overlapping transcripts in the ROSA beta geo 26 gene trap strain leads to widespread expression of beta-galactosidase in mouse embryos and hematopoietic cells.
The ROSA beta geo26 (ROSA26) mouse strain was produced by random retroviral gene trapping in embryonic stem cells. Staining of… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
A retroviral oncogene, akt, encoding a serine-threonine kinase containing an SH2-like region.
The v-akt oncogene codes for a 105-kilodalton fusion phosphoprotein containing Gag sequences at its amino terminus. Sequence… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Suppression of the neoplastic phenotype by replacement of the RB gene in human cancer cells.
Mutational inactivation of the retinoblastoma susceptibility (RB) gene has been proposed as a crucial step in the formation of… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Safe and efficient generation of recombinant retroviruses with amphotropic and ecotropic host ranges.
We have constructed a set of packaging cell lines useful for the generation of helper-free recombinant retroviruses with… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Induction of AIDS-like disease in macaque monkeys with T-cell tropic retrovirus STLV-III.
The T-cell tropic retrovirus of macaque monkeys STLV-III has morphologic, growth, and antigenic properties indicating that it is… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Antibodies reactive with human T-lymphotropic retroviruses (HTLV-III) in the serum of patients with AIDS.
In cats, infection with T-lymphotropic retroviruses can cause T-cell proliferation and leukemia or T-cell depletion and… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Construction and applications of a highly transmissible murine retrovirus shuttle vector
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Trans-acting transcriptional activation of the long terminal repeat of human T lymphotropic viruses in infected cells.
The transcription initiation signals for retroviruses lie within the long terminal repeat (LTR) sequences that flank the… 
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