Gamma retroviruses
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The gamma retroviruses are a genus from the retrovirus family ( Retroviridae ). They belong to the simple retroviruses. Many types of gamma retroviruses cause tumors such as sarcomas and leukemias , such as the murine leukemia virus (MLV), the feline leukemia virus (FeLV) or the feline sarcoma virus (FeSV).
Many endogenous retroviruses , closely related to gamma retroviruses , are found in the DNA of various mammalian species, including humans and mice, as well as in the genome of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
Systematics
According to ICTV as of November 2018, the genus Gammaretrovirus comprises the following species (with non-taxonomic classification, mainly according to their hosts):
Mammal group
- Feline leukemia virus (also feline leukemia virus , en. Feline leukemia virus )
- Gibbon ape leukemia virus (s. Gibbon ape leukemia virus )
- Guinea pig type-C oncovirus (en. Guinea pig type-C oncovirus ), cause of guinea pig leukosis
- Porcine type-C oncovirus (en. Porcine type-C oncovirus )
- Koala retrovirus ( en.koala retrovirus )
- Murine leukemia virus (also mouse leukemia virus , en. Murine leukemia virus )
Replication-defective mammalian viruses
- Finkel-Biskis-Jinkins murine sarcoma virus
- Gardner-Arnstein feline sarcoma virus
- Hardy-Zuckerman feline sarcoma virus
- Harvey murine sarcoma virus
- Kirsten murine sarcoma virus
- Moloney murine sarcoma virus
- Snyder-Theilen feline sarcoma virus
- Woolly monkey sarcoma virus
Reptile group
- Viper retrovirus (en. Viper retrovirus )
Birds group ( reticuloendotheliosis )
- Chicken Syncytial Virus (en. Chick syncytial virus )
- Reticuloendotheliosis virus (en. Reticuloendotheliosis virus )
- Trager duck spleen necrosis virus
literature
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d ICTV: ICTV Taxonomy history: Commelina yellow mottle virus , EC 51, Berlin, Germany, July 2019; Email ratification March 2020 (MSL # 35)
- ↑ ICTV : Master Species List 2018a v1 MSL including all taxa updates since the 2017 release. Fall 2018 (MSL # 33)
- ^ Zeit Online , December 2012