Article
Maedi-visna virus infection in sheep: a review.
Veterinary research - 1 Jan 2000
Pépin M, Vitu C, Russo P, Mornex J F, Peterhans E
Abstract excerpt
The maedi-visna virus (MVV) is classified as a lentivirus of the retroviridae family. The genome of MVV includes three genes: gag, which encodes for group-specific antigens; pol, which encodes for reverse transcriptase, integrase, RNAse H, protease and dUTPase and env, the gene encoding for the s...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral
- DNA, Viral
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Viral
- Pneumonia, Progressive Interstitial, of Sheep
- RNA, Viral
- Sheep
- Viral Proteins
- Visna-maedi virus