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SUBMITTER: Olmsted RA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC286930 | biostudies-other | 1989 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Olmsted R A RA Barnes A K AK Yamamoto J K JK Hirsch V M VM Purcell R H RH Johnson P R PR
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 19890401 7
Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a T-lymphotropic retrovirus associated with immunodeficiency and opportunistic infections in cats. The discovery of FIV provides an opportunity for the development of a small animal model for AIDS. To initiate the molecular and biological characterization of FIV, cDNA clones were synthesized and used to isolate a proviral clone of FIV. Molecular cross-hybridization analysis of FIV with five lentiviruses revealed that nucleotide-sequence similarities exist b ...[more]