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SUBMITTER: Burand JP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3280521 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Burand John P JP Kim Woojin W Afonso Claudio L CL Tulman Edan R ER Kutish Gerald F GF Lu Zhiqiang Z Rock Daniel L DL
Viruses 20120106 1
The sexually transmitted insect virus Helicoverpa zea nudivirus 2 (HzNV-2) was determined to have a circular double-stranded DNA genome of 231,621 bp coding for an estimated 113 open reading frames (ORFs). HzNV-2 is most closely related to the nudiviruses, a sister group of the insect baculoviruses. Several putative ORFs that share homology with the baculovirus core genes were identified in the viral genome. However, HzNV-2 lacks several key genetic features of baculoviruses including the late t ...[more]