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Among murine leukemia viruses (MuLV) present in the LP-BM5 virus mixture, the agent etiologic for an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (MAIDS) is replication defective, containing only a single open reading frame which includes all ofgag. The Gag polyprotein encoded by the defective virus, termed BM5def, differs most in p12 from that of nonpathogenic ecotropic virus (BM5eco). As one approach to examining the role of p12 in disease, the ecotropic and defective virus forms of the protein, synthesized in bacteria, were used to immunize three strains of mice differing in their sensitivity to MAIDS. In each strain, both proteins elicited substantial antibody responses that were cross-reactive with either p12 and recognized the proteins as part of intact viral Gag polyproteins. Immunization with either p12 before infection with LP-BM5 viruses had no effect on the sensitivity or resistance of mice to MAIDS or on the extent of helper virus spread. The variant p12 of BM5def, when presented on its own, is thus not a crucial antigenic determinant of disease. Alternative mechanisms by which BM5def may contribute to MAIDS are discussed.
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Tang, Y., Hügin, A.W., Hartley, J.W. et al. Effects of immunization with the p12 proteins of LP-BM5 defective and ecotropic viruses on development of MAIDS. Archives of Virology 129, 155–166 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01316892
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