Capture of syncytin-Mar1, a Fusogenic Endogenous Retroviral Envelope Gene Involved in Placentation in the Rodentia Squirrel-Related Clade

Fematrin-1 Is Involved in Fetomaternal Cell-to-Cell Fusion in Bovinae Placenta and Has Contributed to Diversity of Ruminant Placentation

(2013) Y. Nakaya et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Paleovirology of 'syncytins', retroviral env genes exapted for a role in placentation

(2013) C. Lavialle et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Captured retroviral envelope syncytin gene associated with the unique placental structure of higher ruminants

(2013) Guillaume Cornelis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A glimpse on the pattern of rodent diversification: a phylogenetic approach

(2012) Pierre-Henri Fabre et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

From ancestral infectious retroviruses to bona fide cellular genes: Role of the captured syncytins in placentation

(2012) A. Dupressoir et al.   PLACENTA

Ancestral capture of syncytin-Car1, a fusogenic endogenous retroviral envelope gene involved in placentation and conserved in Carnivora

(2012) G. Cornelis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular data resolve placement of the Olympic marmot and estimate dates of trans-Beringian interchange

(2011) Scott J. Steppan et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

A syncytin-like endogenous retrovirus envelope gene of the guinea pig specifically expressed in the placenta junctional zone and conserved in Caviomorpha

(2011) C. Vernochet et al.   PLACENTA

A structural and functional ground plan for neurons in the hindbrain of zebrafish

(2011) A. Kinkhabwala et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Impacts of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution and KPg Extinction on Mammal Diversification

(2011) R. W. Meredith et al.   SCIENCE

Endogenous Retroviruses in Trophoblast Differentiation and Placental Development

(2010) Sarah G. Black et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Rodent phylogeny revised: analysis of six nuclear genes from all major rodent clades

(2009) Shani Blanga-Kanfi et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Placental structure: in a comparative aspect

(2009) R. Leiser et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & DIABETES

Syncytin-A knockout mice demonstrate the critical role in placentation of a fusogenic, endogenous retrovirus-derived, envelope gene

(2009) A. Dupressoir et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Identification of an endogenous retroviral envelope gene with fusogenic activity and placenta-specific expression in the rabbit: a new "syncytin" in a third order of mammals

(2009) Odile Heidmann et al.   Retrovirology

Suprafamilial relationships among Rodentia and the phylogenetic effect of removing fast-evolving nucleotides in mitochondrial, exon and intron fragments

(2008) Claudine Montgelard et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A placenta-specific receptor for the fusogenic, endogenous retrovirus-derived, human syncytin-2

(2008) C. Esnault et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA