A number of ecotropic and xenotropic murine leukemia viruses were examined for their ability to induce the GIX antigen and Gross cell surface antigen (GCSA) in tissue culture [mouse embryo WM1511 clone III6A] fibroblasts. GIX appears to be a constituent of murine leukemia virus gp70; a molecular characterization of GCSA has not yet been reported. Antigen induction was measured by the ability of productively infected cells to absorb cytotoxic activity from the standard GIX- and GCSA-typing antisera. Cells infected by ecotropic viruses displayed 4 distinct phenotypes: GIX:+/GCSA++, GIX-/GCSA++, GIX++/GCSA+, and GIX-/GCSA+; cells infected by xenotropic viruses were GIX-/GCSA+ or GIX-/GCSA-. GIX induction appeared to be a type-specific property of some but not all Gross-AKR type ecotropic viruses. Differences in the degree of absorption of the GCSA antiserum by ecotropic virus- and xenotropic virus-infected cells indicated that GCSA may comprise multiple antigenic determinants.