TABLE 2.
Mean percent nucleotide and amino acid sequence differences between FIV-Ple strains in the pol-RT gene region (337 bp)
| Strain (no. of sequences) | Mean percent (range) sequence differences of viral strains in the pol-RT regiona
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIV-Ple A
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FIV-Ple B
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FIV-Ple C
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FIV-Fca
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FIV-Pco
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| aa | nt | aa | nt | aa | nt | aa | nt | aa | nt | |
| FIV-Ple A (7) | 2 (0-4) | 3 (0-4) | 19 (15-22) | 28 (24-31) | 32 (30-34) | 30 (28-32) | ||||
| FIV-Ple B (31) | 7 (1-13) | 4 (0-12) | 10 (1-17) | 27 (18-34) | 33 (29-39) | 28 (28-24) | ||||
| FIV-Ple C (26) | 24 (18-27) | 24 (17-31) | 4 (0-8) | 5 (0-9) | 32 (30-35) | 35 (31-35) | ||||
| FIV-Fca (2) | 31 (29-33) | 32 (28-36) | 38 (31-45) | 7 | 13.7 | 29 (28-30) | ||||
| FIV-Pco (1) | 27 (25-29) | 28 (23-32) | 34 (33-37) | 26 (23-28) | ||||||
a
Distances for FIV-Fca are calculated across subtypes A and D of FIV-Fca. FIV-Pco distances are based on PLV-14. aa, amino acids; nt, nucleotides.