Apparent functional role for a cysteine-rich polydnavirus protein in suppression of the insect cellular immune response

Journal of Virology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 1994, Pages 7482-7489

  Li, Xiaoshuang ^a   Webb, Bruce A ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA VIRUS; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GROWTH INHIBITION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0028037172     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.68.11.7482-7489.1994     Document Type: Article

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