Biology:Spumaretrovirinae
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Pararnavirae |
| Phylum: | Artverviricota |
| Class: | Revtraviricetes |
| Order: | Ortervirales |
| Family: | Retroviridae |
| Subfamily: | Spumaretrovirinae |
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Spumaretrovirinae, commonly called spumaviruses (spuma, Latin for "foam") or foamyviruses, is a subfamily of the Retroviridae family.[2] Spumaviruses are exogenous viruses that have specific morphology with prominent surface spikes. The virions contain significant amounts of double-stranded full-length DNA, and assembly is rather unusual in these viruses. Spumaviruses are unlike most enveloped viruses in that the envelope membrane is acquired by budding through the endoplasmic reticulum instead of the cytoplasmic membrane. Some spumaviruses, including the equine foamy virus (EFV), bud from the cytoplasmic membrane.
Some examples of these viruses are simian foamy virus and the human foamy virus.
While spumaviruses will form characteristic large vacuoles in their host cells while in vitro, there is no disease association in vivo.[3]
References
- ↑ "Virus Taxonomy: 2018b Release" (in en). March 2019. https://ictv.global/taxonomy.
- ↑ ICTV: Master Species List 2018a v1 MSL including all taxa updates since the 2017 release. Fall 2018 (MSL #33)
- ↑ Acheson, NH (2007). Fundamentals of Molecular Virology (1st ed.). Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-35151-1.
Further reading
- "Inhibition of the in vitro infectivity and cytopathic effect of human foamy virus by dideoxynucleosides". AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 12 (15): 1485–90. 1996. doi:10.1089/aid.1996.12.1485. PMID 8893056.
External links
- Coffin, J. M.; Hughes, S. H.; Varmus, H. E. (1997). "Summary and Perspectives". in Coffin, J.M.; Hughes, S.H.; Varmus, H.E.. Retroviruses. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. NBK19385. ISBN 978-0-87969-571-2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK19385/.
- Spumavirus at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- Viralzone: "Spumavirus"
Wikidata ☰ Q18289506 entry
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