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A deletion in the Friend spleen focus-forming virus env gene is necessary for its product (gp55) to be leukemogenic.
Journal of virology - 1 Jun 1990
Watanabe N, Nishi M, Ikawa Y, Amanuma H
Abstract excerpt
To determine the biological significance of the 585-base-pair deletion in the env gene of Friend spleen focus-forming virus (SFFV) encoding a leukemogenic glycoprotein (gp55), we examined the pathogenicity of a constructed mutant SFFV (SFFVDF). In the SFFVDF genome, the env deletion was filled in with the corresponding env sequence of Friend mink cell focus-forming virus, whereas the 6-base-pair duplication and...
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