Ac23, an envelope fusion protein homolog in the baculovirus Autographa californica multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus, is a viral pathogenicity factor

Journal of Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 328-339

  Lung, Oliver Y ^a   Cruz Alvarez, Marilyn ^b   Blissard, Gary W ^a  

^a United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^b FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AC23 PROTEIN; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; BACULOVIRUS; GRANULOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; LARVA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; SPODOPTERA; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS; VIRAL LOAD; VIRULENCE FACTORS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0037213637     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.1.328-339.2003     Document Type: Article

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