| identification and characterization of an exogenous retrovirus from atlantic salmon swim bladder sarcomas. | a novel piscine retrovirus has been identified in association with an outbreak of leiomyosarcoma in the swim bladders of atlantic salmon. the complete nucleotide sequence of the atlantic salmon swim bladder sarcoma virus (sssv) provirus is 10.9 kb in length and shares a structure and transcriptional profile similar to those of murine leukemia virus-like simple retroviruses. sssv appears unique to simple retroviruses by not harboring sequences in the atlantic salmon genome. additionally, sssv dif ... | 2006 | 16501103 |