Polydnavirus DNA of the braconid wasp Chelonus inanitus is integrated in the wasp's genome and excised only in later pupal and adult stages of the female

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2873-2879

  Gruber, A ^a   Stettler, P ^a   Heiniger, P ^a   Schumperli D ^a   Lanzrein, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYDNAVIRIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WASP;

ANIMALIA; BRACONIDAE; BRACOVIRUS; CHELONUS INANITUS; DNA VIRUSES; INSECTA; POLYDNAVIRIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0029847624     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-77-11-2873     Document Type: Article

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