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Change of tropism of SL3-2 murine leukemia virus, using random mutational libraries.
Journal of virology - 1 Sept 2004
Bahrami Shervin, Duch Mogens, Pedersen Finn Skou
Abstract excerpt
SL3-2 is a polytropic murine leukemia virus with a limited species tropism. We cloned the envelope gene of this virus, inserted it into a bicistronic vector, and found that the envelope protein differs from other, similar envelope proteins that also utilize the polytropic receptor (Xpr1) in that it is severely impaired in mediating infection of human and mink cells. We found that two adjacent amino acid mutations...
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