DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature associating ERVW-1 and louping ill

ERVW-1 [ENSP00000419945]

Transmembrane protein; This endogenous retroviral envelope protein has retained its original fusogenic properties and participates in trophoblast fusion and the formation of a syncytium during placenta morphogenesis. May induce fusion through binding of SLC1A4 and SLC1A5 (PubMed:10708449, PubMed:12050356, PubMed:23492904).

Synonyms:  ERVW-1,  D0EYG5,  ERVWE1,  Q9UQF0,  D0EYG5p ...

Linkouts:  STRING  Pharos  UniProt