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SUBMITTER: Xia Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10298989 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xia Yuchen Y Jiang Mouzhen M Hu Xiaoxuan X Wang Qing Q Qian Cen C Zhu Baojian B Wei Guoqing G Wang Lei L
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Nuclease is a type of protein that degrades nucleic acids, which plays an important role in biological processes, including RNA interference efficiency and antiviral immunity. However, no evidence of a link between nuclease and <i>Bombyx mori</i> nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) infection in silkworm <i>B. mori</i> has been found. In this study, a protein asteroid (BmAst) containing the PIN domain and XPG domain was identified in silkworm <i>B. mori</i>. <i>BmAst</i> gene was highest expressed in he ...[more]