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Title
Syncytin is a captive retroviral envelope protein involved in human placental morphogenesis.
Authors
Sha Mi; Xinhua Lee
Abstract
Discusses the sequestration of a viral gene to serve an important function in the physiology of a mammalian host. Envelope gene as the gene encoding a protein called syncytin; Major sites of syncytin expression; Inducement of the formation of the giant syncytia by the expression of recombinant syncytin in a variety of cell types.