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Evolutionary relationships between gag gene-coded proteins of murine and primate endogenous type C RNA viruses
Abstract:
Several low molecular weight proteins of endogenous type C viruses of the RD114/baboon group are compared with the gag gene translational products of endogenous type C viruses of murine origin. The p10 proteins of each virus group are shown to be immunologically and biochemically related, while the p12 proteins of RD114/baboon viruses are demonstrated to share antigenic determinants with murine viral p15. Moreover, highly type-specific phosphoproteins, p15 of RD114/baboon viruses and p12 of murine viruses, are shown to possess very similar biochemical properties. These findings, along with previous studies indicating immunologic cross-reactivity between their major internal antigens, p30, demonstrate that each of the gag gene-coded proteins of murine type C viruses has a analogue in viruses of the RD114/baboon group. The immunologic and biochemical relatedness of their gag gene translational products supports the concept of a common progenitor in the evolution of these endogenous viruses.
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