Characterization of a domain of the genome of BmNPV containing a functional gene for a small capsid protein and harboring deletions eliminating three open reading frames that are present in AcNPV

Gene

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-75

  Lu, Maolong ^a   Iatrou, Kostas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

BmNPV; p15 gene; Polyadenylation; Putative capsid protein; Temporal expression pattern; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLATED RNA; POLYPEPTIDE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SILKWORM; STOP CODON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BOMBYX; CAPSID; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CODON, INITIATOR; CODON, TERMINATOR; DNA, VIRAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLY A; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; BOMBYX MORI; BOMBYX MORI NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; CYPOVIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; MIRIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUSES;

EID: 0031030912     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00632-4     Document Type: Article

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