Identification of Feline Leukemia Virus Variant That Uses THTR1, FLVCR1 and FLVCR2 as Receptors for Infection

The pathogenic subgroup C feline leukemia virus (C virus) arises in infected cats by mutations in the envelope gene (env) of subgroup A FeLV (A virus) that switches the host receptor used for infection. To better understand C virus emergence and potential FeLV variants that may arise, I characterize...

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Main Author: Shalev, Zvi
Other Authors: Tailor, Chetankumar
Language:en_ca
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/18871