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Cytological and serological studies of a feline endogenous C-type virus

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An endogenous feline C-type virus isolated from an SPF cat colony apparently free from FeLV and observed neoplasms, was found to be more closely related serologically to the RD114 virus than to conventional FeLV. It produced syncytia on a variety of cocultures, including a normal human lymphoid suspended cell culture. The endogenous C-type viral particles, while similar in overall size to FeLV, possessed nucleoids of significantly smaller size.

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  1. F. Noronha

    Present address: Oncology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, New York State Veterinary College at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

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  1. Oncology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, New York State Veterinary College at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

    E. Dougherty, A. Poco, C. Gries, J. Post & C. Rickard

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This work was supported by Research Contract No. CP-33346 within the Virus Cancer Program of the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health.

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Noronha, F., Dougherty, E., Poco, A. et al. Cytological and serological studies of a feline endogenous C-type virus. Archiv f Virusforschung 45, 235–248 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01249686

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