Involvement of spindles of an entomopoxvirus (EPV) in infectivity of the EPVs to their host insect

Archives of Virology

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1465-1471

  Mitsuhashi, W ^a   Sato, M ^a   Hirai, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; ENTOMOPOXVIRUS; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE; VIRUS INCLUSION;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; ENTOMOPOXVIRINAE; INCLUSION BODIES, VIRAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033654842     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007050070103     Document Type: Article

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