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Original Article

ERV-3 Envelope Expression and Congenital Heart Block: What does a Physiological Knockout Teach Us

Nathalie De Parseval Unité Rétrovirus Endogénes et Éléments Rétroïdes des Eucaryotes Supérieurs, CNRS UMR 1573, Institut Gustave Roussy, 39, rue Camille Desmoulins, 94805, Villejuif, Cedex, France
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Graham Forrest Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, 6 Bute Gardens, Hammersmith, London, W6 70W, UK
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Patrick J.W. Venables Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, 6 Bute Gardens, Hammersmith, London, W6 70W, UK
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Thierry Heidmann Unité Rétrovirus Endogénes et Éléments Rétroïdes des Eucaryotes Supérieurs, CNRS UMR 1573, Institut Gustave Roussy, 39, rue Camille Desmoulins, 94805, Villejuif, Cedex, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 81-83 | Received 10 Sep 1998, Accepted 21 Dec 1998, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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