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. 2012 Sep 27;7(9):e44991. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044991

Table 1. Env genes integrated in the human genome that are recognized by MSRVenv- and syncytin-1-specific real-time PCR assays.

Localization HuDNA virionic RNA Gene length§ mRNA Start codons (position) Stop codons (position) Proteic products* Comments
MSRVenv primers:a Unknown MSRVenv (AF331500.1 1623 Yes 1 (1) no 541
Chromosome Xq22.3 (NT_011786.16) 1623 Yes 2 (1, 196) 1 (117) 38, 475 [88]
Chromosome 5q11.2. (NT_006576.16) 1631 Yes no 30 no [70]
Chromosome 8p22.1 (NW_001839126.2) 212 no no 2 no
Chromosome 10q23 (NT_030059.13) 168 no no 2 no
Syncytin-1 primers: b Chromosome 7q21–2 (NM_014590.3) 1611 Yes 1 (1) no 537 ERVW-1env
a

BLAST program, using as query the MSRVenv amplicon; * amino acids; § nucleotides; ° Accession number; b BLAST program, using as query the syncytin-1 amplicon.