Preferred Label : HERV-K;
NCIt synonyms : HERV-K Provirus; Endogenous Retroviral Sequence K; Endogenous Retrovirus Group K; Human Endogenous Retroviral Sequence K; Human Endogenous Retrovirus Group K; HERVK;
NCIt definition : A biologically active family of human endogenous retroviral elements that are found
in human and primate genomes and resemble or are derived from retroviral genomic material.
Aberrant expression of these elements may be associated with testicular germ cell
tumors, breast cancer, type 1 diabetes mellitus, motor neuron disease.;
Origin ID : C128305;
UMLS CUI : C1012096;
Semantic type(s)
- Virus [UMLS semantic type]
- concept_is_in_subset
