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Evolutionary pressure of a receptor competitor selects different subgroup a avian leukosis virus escape variants with altered receptor interactions.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 2003
Melder Deborah C, Pankratz V Shane, Federspiel Mark J
Abstract excerpt
A complex interaction between the retroviral envelope glycoproteins and a specific cell surface protein initiates viral entry into cells. The avian leukosis-sarcoma virus (ALV) group of retroviruses provides a useful experimental system for studying the retroviral entry process and the evolution...
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