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Table 1 Sequence characteristics and putative tropism traits of seven MuLV-ERV U3 sequences representing the seven main phylogenetic branches

Group	U3 Probe	Size (bp)	Repeat/unique region					TATA	Insertion (190 bp)	Tropism
Group	U3 Probe	Size (bp)	1/1*	2	4/4*	5/5*	6/6*	TATA	Insertion (190 bp)	Tropism
I	B_3H-T_TH-1	603	+/+	+	+	+	+/+	+	+	P-II
III	B_3H-T_IN-3	556	+/+	·	+	+	+/+	+	+	P-I
III	B_3H-T_TH-7	440	+/+	+	+	+/+	+/+	+	·	X-II
IV	NB_24H-T_SC-3	433	+/+	·	+/+	+/+	+	+	·	X-II
V	B_3H-T_TH-6	392	+/+	+	+	+/+	+/+	+	·	X-I
VI	B_3H-B_ME-9	361	+/+	·	·	+/+	+/+	+	·	·
VII	B_3H-T_TH-11	346	+/+	+	+/+	·	+/+	+	·	X-II

Sequence characteristics: direct repeats (1/1*, 4/4*, 5/5*, and 6/6*), unique region (2), insertion of 190 nucleotides, and TATA box; +/+ (direct repeat), + (single copy), · (absence).

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