Betaretrovirus

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Betaretrovirus
Virus classification
Group: Group VI (ssRNA-RT) Family: Retroviridae Subfamily: Orthoretrovirinae Genus: Betaretrovirus
Type species
Mouse mammary tumor virus
Species
Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus Langur virus Mason-Pfizer monkey virus Squirrel monkey retrovirus

A betaretrovirus is a genus of the retroviridae family. It has type B or type C morphology. The type B is common for a few exogenous, vertically transmitted and endogenous viruses of mice, some primate and sheep viruses are the type D.

An example is the mouse mammary tumour virus.

v • d • e RNA viruses: retroviruses L/S Lentivirus (HIV, SIV, FIV) - Spumavirus (SFV, HFV) A-E Alpharetrovirus (Avian leukosis virus, Rous sarcoma virus) - Betaretrovirus (Mouse mammary tumour virus) - Gammaretrovirus (Murine leukemia virus, Abelson murine leukemia virus, Feline leukemia virus) - Deltaretrovirus (Human T-lymphotropic virus) - Epsilonretrovirus Other Endogenous retrovirus