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. 1976 Jul;19(1):13–18. doi: 10.1128/jvi.19.1.13-18.1976

Amphotropic host range of naturally occuring wild mouse leukemia viruses.

S Rasheed, M B Gardner, E Chan
PMCID: PMC354827  PMID: 181592

Abstract

Seven murine leukemia virus field isolates (uncloned) from wild mice (Musmusculus) of four widely separated areas in southern California show an unusually wide in vitro host range. They replicate well in human, feline, canine, guinea pig, rabbit, rat, and mouse cells, whereas bovine, hamster, and avian cells are resistant. Since this host range includes that of both mouse tropic (ecotropic) and xenotropic murine leukemia viruses, they are designated as "amphotropic". No purely xenotropic virus component is detectable in these field isolates. They may represent the "wild" or ancestral viruses from which the ecotropic and xenotrophic murine leukemia virus strains of laboratory mice have been derived.

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