The excision of polydnavirus sequences from the genome of the wasp Cotesia congregata (Braconidae, Microgastrinae) is developmentally regulated but not strictly restricted to the ovaries in the adult

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 319-327

  Savary, S ^a   Drezen, J M ^a   Tan, F ^b   Beckage, N E ^b   Periquet, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Braconid wasp; Cotesia congregata; Host parasite interactions; Parasitism; Polydnavirus

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DIPLOIDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; POLYDNA VIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; POLYDNAVIRIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASPS;

ARBOVIRUS; BRACONIDAE; BRACOVIRUS; CALYX; COTESIA CONGREGATA; COTESIA CONGREGATA VIRUS; INVERTEBRATA; MANDUCA SEXTA; MICROGASTRINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0033180341     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1999.83130.x     Document Type: Article

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