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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
Volume 75, Issue 10, Pages 4490-4498Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.10.4490-4498.2001
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Murine leukemia virus (MuLV) M813 was originally isolated from the Southeast Asian rodent Mus cervi-color. As,vith the ecotropic MuLVs derived from Mus musculus, its host range is limited to rodent cells. Earlier studies have mapped its receptor to chromosome 2, but it has not been established whether M813 shares a common receptor with any other MuLVs. In this study, we have performed interference assays with M813 and viruses from four interference groups of MuLV. The infection efficiency of M813 was not compromised in cells expressing any one of the other MuLVs, demonstrating that M813 must use a distinct receptor for cell entry. The entire M813 env coding region was molecularly cloned. Sequence analysis revealed high similarity with other MuLVs but with a unique receptor-binding domain. Substitution of M813 env sequences in Moloney MuLV resulted in a replication-competent virus with a host range and interference profile similar to those of the biological clone M813. M813 thus defines a novel receptor interference group of type C MuLVs.
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