Welcome to retrosearch, an online database of Human Endogenous Retroviruses and their ORFs

Welcome to retrosearch, an online database of ORF annotated human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs).

Please keep in mind that retrosearch is currently running from a normal linux desktop computer at BiRC, University of Aarhus. So please be patient if the status is not OK at all times.

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Select a full chrosome to display the HERV data in the human genome browser (takes a while to load). From the individual HERVs there are backlinks to the retrosearch database. The information is submitted pr. chromosome, so if you wish to switch chromosome do it from here, instead in the genome browser.

Status
MySQL server (watson): OK
WWW server: OK
Local www server (watson) : OK
Work server: fresh-birc
Administration
Contact information
Palle Villesen, Ph.D. - palle [at] birc.au.dk
Bioinformatics Research Centre
The University of Aarhus
Build. 1090, Hoegh Guldbergsgade
DK - 8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
   
Lars Aagaard, Ph.D.
Bioinformatics Research Centre
The University of Aarhus
Build. 1090, Hoegh Guldbergsgade
DK - 8000 Aarhus C
Denmark

References (pdf versions)

Villesen P, Aagaard L, Wiuf C, Pedersen FS (2004) Identification of endogenous retroviral reading frames in the human genome. Retrovirology. Oct 11;1(1):32

Aagaard L*, Villesen P*, Kjelbjerg AL*, Pedersen FS (2005) The ~30-million-year-old ERVPb1 envelope gene is evolutionarily conserved among hominoids and Old World monkeys. Genomics 86 685 – 691 (*equal contribution)

Dansk populærvidenskabelig information omkring HERV:

Aagaard L, Villesen P Din indre virus - den gode, den onde og den helt ukendte Jyllandsposten, Indblik. Søndag d. 27. marts 2005. (Også trykt i Aktuel Naturvidenskab) Online: Jyllandsposten

Aagaard L, Villesen P Din indre virus - den gode, den onde og den helt ukendte Aktuel Naturvidenskab. 2004, nr. 6.