Ecdysteroid Stimulates Virus Transmission in Larvae Infected with Bombyx mori Nucleopolyhedrovirus

Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-68

  Kang, Kyung Don ^a   Lee, Eun Jung ^a   Kamita, Shizuo George ^b   Maeda, Susumu ^b   Seong, Su Il ^a  

^a Suwon University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BmNPV; Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus; Ecdysteroid UDP glucosyltransferase; egt

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034409626     PISSN: 12258687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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