Isolation and characterization of Solenopsis invicta virus 3, a new positive-strand RNA virus infecting the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta

Virology

Volumn 388, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 354-361

  Valles, Steven M ^a   Hashimoto, Yoshifumi ^b  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Genome sequence; RNA virus; SINV 1; SINV 2; SINV 3; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; HELICASE; PROTEINASE; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SINGLE STRANDED RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANT; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC CODE; GENOME SIZE; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PICORNAVIRUS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA VIRUS; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA VIRUS 3; STAIN; UNTRANSLATED REGION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS PURIFICATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; GENOME, VIRAL; INSECT VIRUSES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA VIRUSES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL PROTEINS;

FORMICIDAE; KELP FLY VIRUS; MIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 67349220710     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2009.03.028     Document Type: Article

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