NUCLEIC SEQUENCE AND DEDUCED PROTEIN SEQUENCE FAMILY WITH HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRAL MOTIFS, AND THEIR USES

摘要

The present invention provides a translational product encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, which corresponds to the gag gene of an endogenous human retrovirus named HERV-7q. The present invention also provides methods for diagnosing a neurological or autoimmune disease in a patient.