Gypsy endogenous retrovirus maintains potential infectivity in several species of Drosophilids

Jose V. Llorens; Jonathan B. Clark; Isabel Martínez-Garay; Sirena Soriano; Rosa De Frutos; María J. Martínez-Sebastián

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Gypsy endogenous retrovirus maintains potential infectivity in several species of Drosophilids

Jose V. Llorens, Jonathan B. Clark, Isabel Martínez-Garay, Sirena Soriano, Rosa De Frutos, María J. Martínez-Sebastián

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Background. Sequences homologous to the gypsy retroelement from Drosophila melanogaster are widely distributed among drosophilids. The structure of gypsy includes an open reading frame resembling the retroviral gene env, which is responsible for the infectious properties of retroviruses. Results. In this study we report molecular and phylogeny analysis of the complete env gene from ten species of the obscura group of the genus Drosophila and one species from the genus Scaptomyza. Conclusion. The results indicate that in most cases env sequences could produce a functional Env protein and therefore maintain the infectious capability of gypsy in these species.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	302
Journal	BMC Evolutionary Biology
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-302
State	Published - 2008

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