Characterization of the ecdysteroid UDP-glucosyltransfease gene of a single nucleocapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus of Buzura suppressaria

Virus Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-97

  Hu, Z H ^a,b   Broer, R ^a   Westerlaken, J ^a   Martens, J W M ^a   Jin, F ^b   Jehle, J A ^a   Wang, L M ^b   Vlak, J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Buzura suppressaria; Ecdysteroid UDP glucosyltransferase gene; Phylogeny; Single nucleocapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BUZURA; BUZURA SUPPRESSARIA; BUZURA SUPPRESSARIA NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; LEPIDOPTERA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0031016248     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1702(96)01406-2     Document Type: Article

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