Endogenous retrovirus ERV-DC8 highly integrated in domestic cat populations is a replication-competent provirus
Didik Pramono, Yutaro Muto, Yo Shimazu, R. M. C. Deshapriya, Isaac Makundi, María Cruz Arnal, Daniel Fernández de Luco, Minh Ha Ngo, Ariko Miyake, Kazuo Nishigaki
This study identifies ERV-DC8 as a replication-competent provirus in domestic cats that can infect human cells and is linked to FeLV-D.
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · Aug 8, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology