Baculovirus: molecular insights on their diversity and conservation.
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SUBMITTER: Miele SA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3119482 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Baculovirus: molecular insights on their diversity and conservation.
Miele Solange Ana Belen SA Garavaglia Matías Javier MJ Belaich Mariano Nicolás MN Ghiringhelli Pablo Daniel PD
International journal of evolutionary biology 20110411
The Baculoviridae is a large group of insect viruses containing circular double-stranded DNA genomes of 80 to 180 kbp. In this study, genome sequences from 57 baculoviruses were analyzed to reevaluate the number and identity of core genes and to understand the distribution of the remaining coding sequences. Thirty one core genes with orthologs in all genomes were identified along with other 895 genes differing in their degrees of representation among reported genomes. Many of these latter genes ...[more]
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