ERV-Fc是一類內源性反轉錄病毒家族[1],廣泛存在於真獸類基因組[2],由3000萬年至1500萬年間不斷感染真獸類的γ-逆轉錄病毒整合而來,此病毒與現在的小鼠白血病病毒英語Murine leukemia virus貓白血病病毒(FeLV)關係最接近[3]靈長類特別是人類基因組中有兩段ERV-Fc[4],分別是位於X染色體的HERV-Fc1和位於7號染色體的HERV-Fc2,代表了兩次γ-逆轉錄病毒整合事件[5]

各種內源性反轉錄病毒的分類關係,ERV-Fc屬於Class I,與ERV-H關係最為接近

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