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Cis-acting sequences may contribute to size variation in the surface glycoprotein of bovine immunodeficiency virus.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Dec 2001
Li Yuxing, Carpenter Susan
Abstract excerpt
Genetic recombination is an important mechanism of retrovirus variation and diversity. Size variation in the surface (SU) glycoprotein, characterized by duplication and insertion, has been observed during in vivo infection with several lentiviruses, including bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV), equine infectious anaemia virus (EIAV) and human immunodeficiency virus type 1. These duplication/insertion events are...
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