Two species of type C viral core polyprotein on AKR mouse leukemia cells

Two species of glycosylated type C viral core polyprotein were identified on the surface of AKR spontaneous leukemia cells. One of these cell surface polyproteins was shown by immunoprecipitation to have antigenic determinants of murine leukemia virus p30, p15, p12, and p10; the other had murine leukemia virus p30, p15, and p12, but not p10, determinants. Both species were also expressed on thymocytes from 6-month-old, preleukemic AKR mice.