Article
Identification of three feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) env gene subtypes and comparison of the FIV and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 evolutionary patterns.
Journal of virology - 1 Apr 1994
Sodora D L, Shpaer E G, Kitchell B E, Dow S W, Hoover E A, Mullins J I
Abstract excerpt
Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a lentivirus associated with AIDS-like illnesses in cats. As such, FIV appears to be a feline analog of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A hallmark of HIV infection is the large degree of viral genetic diversity that can develop within an infected individual and the even greater and continually increasing level of diversity among virus isolates from different individuals....
Topics
- Adaptation, Biological
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Biological Evolution
- Cats
- Genes, env
- Genetic Variation
- HIV-1
- Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline
- Lentivirus Infections