Parvovirus-derived endogenous viral elements in two South American rodent genomes.

ABSTRACT: We describe endogenous viral elements (EVEs) derived from parvoviruses (family Parvoviridae) in the genomes of the long-tailed chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) and the degu (Octodon degus). The novel EVEs include dependovirus-related elements and representatives of a clearly distinct parvovirus lineage that also has endogenous representatives in marsupial genomes. In the degu, one dependovirus-derived EVE was found to carry an intact reading frame and was differentially expressed in vivo, with increased expression in the liver.

SUBMITTER: Arriagada G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4178727 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature