Caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus is distinct from visna and progressive pneumonia viruses as measured by genome sequence homology.
Competitive inhibition of hybridization between (125)I-labeled caprine arthritis-encephalitis viral RNA and homologous cDNA by heterologous viral RNA shows that the caprine retrovirus shares <20% genome sequence homology with visna and progressive pneumonia viruses. These viruses, however, are indistinguishable in immunodiffusion reactions involving the major structural protein (p28).
D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA; D000939:Epitopes; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006041:Goats; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012367:RNA, Viral; D012190:Retroviridae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D014790:Visna-maedi virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology
D000956:Antigens, Viral; D000939:Epitopes; D012367:RNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins; D004247:DNA