Is the HERV-K HML-2 Xq21.33, an endogenous retrovirus mutated by gene conversion of chromosome X in a subset of African populations, associated with human breast cancer? | Infectious Agents and Cancer | Full Text

Is the HERV-K HML-2 Xq21.33, an endogenous retrovirus mutated by gene conversion of chromosome X in a subset of African populations, associated with human breast cancer? | Infectious Agents and Cancer | Full Text

Is the HERV-K HML-2 Xq21.33, an endogenous retrovirus mutated by gene conversion of chromosome X in a subset of African populations, associated with human breast cancer?

The human endogenous retroviruses HERV-K HML-2 have been considered a possible cause of human breast cancer (BrC). A HERV-K HML-2 fully intact provirus Xq21.33 was recently identified in some West African peop...

Authors:Mark H. Kaplan, Rafael Contreras-Galindo, Evelyn Jiagge, Sofia D. Merajver, Lisa Newman, Galya Bigman, Michael H. Dosik, Ganesh S. Palapattu, Javed Siddiqui, Arul M. Chinnaiyan, Sally Adebamowo and Clement Adebamowo

Citation:Infectious Agents and Cancer 2020 15:19

Content type:Research Article

Published on: 7 March 2020

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