@article{d6b0f2a0526811dd8d9f000ea68e967b,
title = "The nucleotide sequence of the high-leukemogenic murine retrovirus SL3-3 reveals a patch of mink cell focus forming-like sequences upstream of the ecotropic envelope gene. Brief report.",
abstract = "We report the complete nucleotide sequence of the potent T-lymphomagenic murine retrovirus SL3-3. The non-LTR regions of the virus show 98% sequence identity to the endogenous ecotropic Akv murine leukemia virus. While the region encoding the surface envelope protein is completely identical to that of Akv, a approximately 200 nucleotide stretch in the integrase encoding region upstream of env is similar to the sequence of mink cell focus forming (MCF) viruses and shows a complete match with the mouse retrovirus 10A1. The history of SL3-3 may therefore include recombination involving an Akv-like virus and a virus with MCF-like sequences.",
author = "Lund, {Anders Henrik} and Pedersen, {F S}",
note = "Keywords: Animals; Base Sequence; DNA, Viral; Genes, env; Leukemia Virus, Murine; Mice; Mink Cell Focus-Inducing Viruses; Molecular Sequence Data",
year = "1999",
language = "English",
volume = "144",
pages = "2207--12",
journal = "Archives of Virology",
issn = "0304-8608",
publisher = "Springer Wien",
number = "11",
}