Nucleotide sequence, insertional mutagenesis, and transcriptional mapping of a conserved region of the baculovirus Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus (map unit 64.8-66.9)

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1267-1273

  Lu, Albert ^a,b   Craig, Andrew ^a   Casselman, Richard ^a   Carstens, Eric B ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus; baculovirus; essential genes; nucleotide sequence; transcript mapping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; BACULOVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MAPPING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; CYPOVIRUS; ORGYIA PSEUDOTSUGATA; ORGYIA PSEUDOTSUGATA MULTICAPSID NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; ORGYIA PSEUDOTSUGATA SINGLE CAPSID NUCLOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUSES;

EID: 0030483424     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m96-165     Document Type: Article

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