Gelmann EP, Josephs SF, Wong-Staal F. Two strains of baboon endogenous virus demonstrate a high degree of genetic conservation.
Gene 1983;
21:161-4. [PMID:
6301945 DOI:
10.1016/0378-1119(83)90157-9]
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Abstract
Molecular clones of the baboon endogenous viruses 455K, from Papio anubis, and M7, from Papio cynocephalus, have been constructed from unintegrated viral DNA. Although two specific restriction sites do distinguish the two, detailed restriction maps are nearly identical and heteroduplex molecules show complete homology. The latter observations indicate that this endogenous retrovirus genome has been strongly conserved among different species of baboon.
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