TABLE 4.
Mean percent nucleotide and amino acid sequence differences between FIV-Ple strains in the gag gene region (444 bp)
| Strain (no. of sequences) | Mean percent (range) sequence differences of viral strains in the gag 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) | 3 (1-5) | 4 (1-5) | 11 (8-15) | 46 (44-51) | 44 (42-46) | 69 (67-71) | ||||
| FIV-Ple B (31) | 7 (3-11) | 5 (0-12) | 11 (0-28) | 35 (29-45) | 33 (27-40) | 68 (63-72) | ||||
| FIV-Ple C (26) | 37 (34-41) | 53 (50-59) | 2 (0-5) | 4 (0-7) | 41 (37-44) | 65 (62-71) | ||||
| FIV-Fca (2) | 60 (57-62) | 61 (58-68) | 62 (60-67) | 11 | 23 | 69 (66-71) | ||||
| FIV-Pco (1) | 93 (91-94) | 91 (85-97) | 94 (91-97) | 97 (94-99) | ||||||
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.