Mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) glycoproteins and nonglycosylated polypeptides were purified by preparative sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Primary amino groups were labeled with fluorescaminL to enable visualization of MMTV polypeptides in the gels. Protein bands were sliced from the gels and eluted with 90 to 95% recovery. Eight MMTV polypeptides, including three of the major viral components as well as five minor proteins, were routinely obtained. Double diffusion assays and immunoelectrophoresis confirmed the retention of antigenicity identical to that of untreated MMTV virions. Antisera obtained from MMTV-free BALB/c mice immunized with these purified proteins reacted with the polypeptide immunogen as well as with detergentdisrupted MMTV virions from mouse milk or cell culture. Double diffusion assays
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