title: Non-primate foamy viruses.
abstract: Foamy viruses (PFVs), also called spumaviruses, are complex retroviruses inducing a characteristic cytopathic effect in cell culture, leading rapidly to cell lysis. These viruses have been isolated mostly in non-human primates, but three non primate PFVs were characterized, namely the bovine foamy virus, the feline foamy virus and more recently the equine foamy virus. In their hosts, PFVs seem to be apathogenic, mirroring an efficient control of virus replication in vivo. Comparing the biology of the different virus isolates will certainly help to unravel the biology of these retroviruses.
authors.affiliation: CNRS UPR9051, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1 Avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, France. alisaib@infobiogen.fr
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authors.lastname: Saïb
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000821:virology; D002415:Cats; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000821:virology; D015752:Genes, env; D015750:Genes, gag; D015751:Genes, pol; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000821:virology; D006736:Horses; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D012192:Retroviridae Infections / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D012191:Retroviridae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D016092:Spumavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D012191:Retroviridae Proteins