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Dna Recombination And Natural Selection Pressure Sustain Genetic Sequence Diversity Of The Feline Mhc Class I Genes, Naoya Yuhki, Stephen J. O'Brien
Dna Recombination And Natural Selection Pressure Sustain Genetic Sequence Diversity Of The Feline Mhc Class I Genes, Naoya Yuhki, Stephen J. O'Brien
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Sequence comparisons of seven distinct MHC class I cDNA clones revealed that feline class I molecules have a remarkable similarity to human HLA genes in their organization of functional domains as well as in the nonrandom partitioning of genetic variability according to the functional constraints ascribed to different regions of the MHC molecule. The distribution of the pattern of sequence polymorphism in the cat as compared with genetic diversity of human and mouse class I genes provides evidence for four coordinate factors that contribute to the origin and sustenance of abundant allele diversity that characterizes the MHC in the species. …
Prevalence And Implications Of Feline Coronavirus Infections Of Captive And Free-Ranging Cheetahs (Acinonyx Jubatus), J. L. Heeney, J. F. Evermann, A. J. Mckeirnan, L. Marker-Kraus, M. E. Roelke, M. Bush, D. E. Wildt, D. G. Meltzer, L. Colly, J. Lukas, V. J. Manton, T. Caro, Stephen J. O'Brien
Prevalence And Implications Of Feline Coronavirus Infections Of Captive And Free-Ranging Cheetahs (Acinonyx Jubatus), J. L. Heeney, J. F. Evermann, A. J. Mckeirnan, L. Marker-Kraus, M. E. Roelke, M. Bush, D. E. Wildt, D. G. Meltzer, L. Colly, J. Lukas, V. J. Manton, T. Caro, Stephen J. O'Brien
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The extent and progression of exposure to feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) virus in the cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus, was monitored by a world-wide serological survey with indirect fluorescent antibody titers to coronavirus. The indirect fluorescent antibody assay was validated by Western blots, which showed that all indirect fluorescent antibody-positive cheetah sera detected both domestic cat and cheetah coronavirus structural proteins. There was a poor correlation between indirect fluorescent antibody results and the presence of coronaviruslike particles in cheetah feces, suggesting that electron microscopic detection of shed particles may not be an easily interpreted diagnostic parameter for FIP disease. Low, but …