Volume 14, Number 2—February 2008
Research
Genetic Characterization of Feline Leukemia Virus from Florida Panthers
Meredith A. Brown*, Mark W. Cunningham†, Alfred L. Roca*‡§, Jennifer L. Troyer*§, Warren E. Johnson*, and Stephen J. O’Brien*
Table
Mean percent amino acid and nucleotide env sequence differences of feline leukemia virus subgroups, FeLV-945, and FeLV-Pco strains*
| Strain | FeLV A† | FeLV B‡ | FeLV C§ | FeLV-945¶ | FeLV Pco# |
| FeLV A | 1.8, 3.8 | 10.3 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.1 |
| FeLV B | 19.1 | NA | 13.2 | 14 | 13.3 |
| FeLV C | 16.3 | 28.7 | 14.2, 6.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 |
| FeLV 945 | 15.2 | 30.1 | 16.4 | NA | 1.5 |
| FeLV Pco | 14.3 | 28.2 | 16.7 | 3.5 | 0.4, 0.1 |
*FeLV, feline leukemia virus. Shaded gray boxes contain mean percent sequence differences within strain. Boldface indicates mean percent amino acid env sequence differences, 1,689 bp (see Figure 2). Nucleotide differences are above diagonal.
†M18247, M18248, M12500, AF052723.
‡X00188.
§M14331, M23025
¶AY374189.
#Pco-1058-02 (9 cloned sequences), Pco-1058-03 (16 cloned sequences), Pco-1087-04 (17 cloned sequences), Pco-1098-04 (8 cloned sequences).
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