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- noun Any of a group of
viruses , of the genus Bornavirus, responsible forBorna disease
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The invader is called bornavirus, a brain-infecting pathogen that was first identified in 1970s.
Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010
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The invader is called bornavirus, a brain-infecting pathogen that was first identified in
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The invader is called bornavirus, a brain-infecting pathogen that was first identified in
Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010
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Our results provide the first evidence for endogenization of non-retroviral virus-derived elements in mammalian genomes and give novel insights not only into generation of endogenous elements, but also into a role of bornavirus as a source of genetic novelty in its host.
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We also show that the N mRNA of a current mammalian bornavirus, Borna disease virus (BDV), can form EBLN-like elements in the genomes of persistently infected cultured cells.
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Here we show that elements homologous to the nucleoprotein (N) gene of bornavirus exist in the genomes of several mammalian species, including humans, non-human primates, rodents and elephants.
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He speculates that bornavirus could be another source of human mutations, especially in neurons.
Wired Top Stories Tina Hesman Seay 2010
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In the new study, researchers led by Keizo Tomonaga of Osaka University found that two human genes are similar to the bornavirus N gene.
Wired Top Stories Tina Hesman Seay 2010
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In laboratory experiments, Tomonaga's team found that modern bornavirus can integrate into the DNA of human, monkey, rat and dog cells.
Wired Top Stories Tina Hesman Seay 2010
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"Clearly they provide a fossil record of bornavirus that was previously only available for retroviruses," says John Coffin, a virologist at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston who coauthored the study.
Wired Top Stories Tina Hesman Seay 2010
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