TABLE 3.
Mean percent nucleotide and amino acid sequence differences between FIV-Ple strains in the pol-RNase gene region (730 bp)
| Strain (no. of sequences) | Mean percent (range) sequence differences of viral strains in the pol-RNase regiona
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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 | |
| FIV-Ple B (55) | 4 (0-12) | 8 (0-14) | 43 (36-49) | 43 (39-48) | 54 (43-67) | |||
| FIV-Ple C (14) | 35 (28-45) | 4 (0-10) | 4 (0-14) | 47 (44-51) | 61 (58-65) | |||
| FIV-Fca (2) | 30 (18-27) | 47 (43-59) | 20 | 15 | 56 (55-57) | |||
| FIV-Pco (1) | 45 (38-53) | 51 (47-54) | 51 | |||||
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.