title: 5'-terminal nucleotide sequences of the Rauscher leukemia virus and gibbon ape leukemia virus genomes exhibit a high degree of correspondence.
abstract: The 5'-terminal regions of gibbon ape leukemia virus-Hall's Island and Rauscher murine leukemia virus have been completely sequenced. The chain length for the 5'-terminal region of Rauscher murine leukemia virus is 140 nucleotides, and that for gibbon ape leukemia virus-Hall's Island is 144 nucleotides. An alignment of the sequences maximizing the number of ocrrespondences with the minimum introduction of gaps shows 81% nucleotide matches. From the complementary RNA, secondary structures of this region have been proposed. These data demonstrate the conservation of the 5'-terminal genetic sequences of these viruses and strongly reinforce the concept that viruses of murine origin and viruses of the gibbon ape leukemia virus-Simian sarcoma-associated virus group are closely related.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006922:Hylobates; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D011925:Rauscher Virus / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D012190:Retroviridae / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral