Sentences with phrase «of foamy viruses»

Researchers in labs around the world had slowly pushed back the date of origin of foamy viruses to 100 million years ago.

Yu - Ping Ho (Lindemann, TUD)-- «Characterization and Manipulation of Foamy Virus Capsid - Cell Interactions» (2013)

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The researchers used Prototype Foamy Virus integrase as a model and two molecular microscopy techniques to record viral integration complexes traveling along stretches of target DNA in search of insertion points.

The simian foamy virus — so - called because of its foamy appearance under a microscope — is one of three known retroviruses in nonhuman primates.

Although the simian foamy virus (SFV) is not known to cause disease or to spread between humans, researchers say the virus is something to monitor closely; given enough time, it could evolve into something more dangerous — just like its two retrovirus cousins, one of which sparked the AIDS pandemic.

A convergence on the same date of origin for foamy viruses provides evidence that the time - dependent rate phenomenon isn't just a relic of statistics or the methods researchers use to date species.

The cooperative function of arginine residues in the Prototype Foamy Virus Gag C - terminus mediates viral and cellular RNA encapsidation.

However, subsequent studies carried out on small numbers (20 — 30) of CFS patients, failed to confirm evidence for HTLV (type 1 or 11)[22]--[25] or other retroviruses, including the closely - related simian T lymphotropic virus type l, the prototype foamy virus, simian retrovirus, bovine and feline leukaemia viruses [26] and HIV - 1 [23].