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Evolution of primate oncornaviruses: An endogenous virus from langurs (Presbytis spp.) with related virogene sequences in other Old World monkeys.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·Vol. 74 ·No. 10 ·1977-10-00 ·Pages 4557-61

Benveniste RE, Todaro GJ

Abstract

Gene sequences related to a retrovirus (oncornavirus type D) isolated from a lung cell culture from spectacled langur (Presbytis obscurus) are found in multiple copies (20-40 per haploid genome) in langur cellular DNA; partially homologous virogene sequences are present in the DNA of related Old World monkey species. Primates thus contain gene sequences for at least two distinct classes of genetically transmitted oncornaviruses, the type C class (isolated from baboons) and the type D class described here. The langur virus is partially related to Mason-Pfizer monkey virus, a type D retrovirus isolated from rhesus monkeys. Nucleic acid hybridization studies suggest that Mason-Pfizer monkey virus, now infectious among primates, was derived from an endogenous virus of langurs or from another member of the primate sub-family Colobinae.

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Benveniste R E
Laboratory of Viral Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014.
Todaro G J
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Article Info
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Abbr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
ISSN
0027-8424
DOI
10.1073/pnas.74.10.4557
Published
1977-10-00
Pages
4557-61
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505876
PMCID
PMC431985
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1073/pnas.74.10.4557 PMC Full Text View journal details
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