Words similar to retrovirus-like

Example sentences for: retrovirus-like

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In this report we have investigated the evolutionary relatedness between three categories of proteins, the retrovirus-like gypsy envelope proteins, the baculovirus LD130 group of envelope-associated proteins, and an insect cellular protein.
Oral transmission is the normal route for baculovirus infection and has been reported for gypsy retrovirus-like retrotransposons [ 15].
With one exception, all the non-baculovirus sequences showing the best scores are derived from retrovirus-like retrotransposons from insects that fall in the T3- gypsy group [ 18].
In this report, we provide evidence for an evolutionary link between this newly characterized family of baculovirus envelope proteins and the envelope proteins predicted for a variety of insect retrovirus-like retrotransposons.
In TED, the lepidopteran retrovirus-like element, seven of the C-terminal cysteine residues are conserved.