TABLE 2.
Genetic distances between HIV-1JC499 and the parental strains, LAI(LAV) and SF2
| Gene | Groupa | Genetic distance (%)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAI | SF2 | Intraclone | ||
| p17gag | All | 3.11–8.3 | 4.63–9.29 | 0.45–6.3 |
| C2-V5env | All | 9.54–15.2 | 9.37–20.2 | 0.78–19.28 |
| Minor | 9.54–11.47 | 9.37–11.4 | 1.4–4.48 | |
| Major | 11.98–15.2 | 16.13–20.2 | 0.78–8.47 | |
| 5′-C2-V3 | Minor | 12.6–15.33 | 6.1–9.42 | |
| Major | 13.25–15.56 | 18.52–21.91 | ||
| V4-V5-3′ | Minor | 7.4–9.42 | 11.6–14.92 | |
| Major | 9.74–15.55 | 12.93–20.25 | ||
| nef | All | 6.33–7.9 | 4.02–5.55 | 0.16–3.81 |
With respect to whether all clones or, in the case of C2-V5env, only a subset of clones were analyzed. Minor, the C2-V5env group represented by the smaller number of clones; major, the larger group of clones (Fig. 6).