MicrobiologybioRxiv
Recombinant Origin and Interspecies Transmission of a HERV-K(HML-2)-related Primate Retrovirus 1 With a Novel RNA Transport Element
Z. H. Williams, L. Gaucherand, D. C. Lee…·W. E. Johnson
The paper identifies recent HML-2 provirus activity in rhesus macaques and shows interspecies transmission to gibbons, with a novel RNA transport element replacing the ancestral Rec-RcRE system.