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Journal of Virology, March 2001, p. 2499-2507, Vol. 75, No. 5
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.5.2499-2507.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Endogenous Type D Retrovirus in a Marsupial, the Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Gregory J. Baillie* and Richard J. Wilkins

Biological Sciences Department, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Received 16 August 2000/Accepted 7 December 2000

We have sequenced and characterized an endogenous type D retrovirus, which we have named TvERV(D), from the genome of an Australian marsupial, the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula). Intact TvERV(D) gag, pro, pol, and env open reading frames were detected in the possum genome. TvERV(D) was classified as a type D retrovirus, most closely related to those of Old World monkeys, New World monkeys, and mice, based on phylogenetic analyses and genetic organization. Approximately 30 TvERV(D) proviruses are present in the genomes of possums, as detected by Southern hybridization. However, variability in fragment patterns between possums was observed and suggests recent (or ongoing) retrotranspositional activity.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Biological Sciences Department, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, New Zealand. Phone: 64-7-8384466, ext. 8482. Fax: 64-7-8384324. E-mail: gregb{at}nme.com.

Journal of Virology, March 2001, p. 2499-2507, Vol. 75, No. 5
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.5.2499-2507.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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