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Phylogenetic and structural diversity in the feline leukemia virus env gene.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Watanabe Shinya, Kawamura Maki, Odahara Yuka, Anai Yukari, Ochi Haruyo, Nakagawa So, Endo Yasuyuki, Tsujimoto Hajime, Nishigaki Kazuo
Abstract excerpt
Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) belongs to the genus Gammaretrovirus, and causes a variety of neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases in cats. Alteration of viral env sequences is thought to be associated with disease specificity, but the way in which genetic diversity of FeLV contributes to the generation of such variants in nature is poorly understood. We isolated FeLV env genes from naturally infected cats in...
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