title: Characterisation of env and gag gene fragments of bovine leukemia viruses (BLVs) from cattle in Turkey.
abstract: The aim of this work was to investigate the molecular characteristics of bovine leukemia viruses (BLVs) in Turkey. The variability of env and gag fragments of BLVs was examined using DNA from blood samples obtained for sequence analysis of BLVs in four cattle herds from three different geographical areas in Turkey. The env gene sequences were highly similar to those of Brasilian, Argentine, and Japanese BLV strains, while gag genes from Turkish BLV isolates showed greatest similarity to those of Iranian isolates. This paper is the first report on the partial characterisation of env and gag genetic fragments of BLVs from Turkey.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University, 06110 Dışkapı, Ankara, Turkey. falkan@ankara.edu.tr
authors.forename: Feray
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alkan
authors.forename: Tuba Çiğdem
authors.initials: TÇ
authors.lastname: Oğuzoğlu
authors.forename: Mehmet Ozkan
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Timurkan
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Karapınar
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D016583:Enzootic Bovine Leukosis / Q000821:virology*; D015686:Gene Products, env / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D015683:Gene Products, gag / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D001909:Leukemia Virus, Bovine / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014421:Turkey; D014422:Turkeys
chemical_list: D015686:Gene Products, env; D015683:Gene Products, gag