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Molecular identification of avian leukosis virus subgroup E loci and tumor virus B locus in Chinese indigenous chickens.
Poultry science - 1 Apr 2011
Yang J, Yu Y, Yao J, Chen Y, Xu G, Yang N, Sun D, Zhang Y
Abstract excerpt
Avian leukosis virus (ALV) subgroup E (ALVE) is an endogenous retrovirus in the chicken genome. The chickens carrying ALVE locus 3 (ALVE3), 6 (ALVE6), 9 (ALVE9), and 21 (ALVE21) have been proved to be susceptible to ALV. Tumor virus locus B (TVB) encodes the cellular receptor for ALV subgroups B, D, and E. The insertions of the 4 ALVE loci and the genotypes of TVB have not been demonstrated in Chinese indigenous...
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