Human endogenous retroviruses (hERVs) are molecular remnants of ancient retroviruses that integrated into the human germline and now make up 8% of the human genome. The human ERVK3-1 locus was recently annotated as encoding a 109-amino acid microprotein homologous to a retroviral Rec domain. ERVK3-1...
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens (Human)