Molecular cloning of a feline leukemia virus that induces fatal immunodeficiency disease in cats.
Science
; 239(4842): 906-10, 1988 Feb 19.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2893454
ABSTRACT
A replication-defective variant of feline leukemia virus was molecularly cloned directly from infected tissue and found to induce a rapid and fatal immunodeficiency syndrome in cats. Studies with cloned viruses also showed that subtle mutational changes would convert a minimally pathogenic virus into one that would induce an acute form of immunodeficiency. The data suggest that acutely pathogenic viruses may be selected against by current methods for isolation of the human and simian immunodeficiency viruses.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cloning, Molecular
/
Leukemia Virus, Feline
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Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Limits:
Animals
/
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Science
Year:
1988
Type:
Article