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SUBMITTER: Bezier A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3758192 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bézier Annie A Louis Faustine F Jancek Séverine S Periquet Georges G Thézé Julien J Gyapay Gabor G Musset Karine K Lesobre Jérome J Lenoble Patricia P Dupuy Catherine C Gundersen-Rindal Dawn D Herniou Elisabeth A EA Drezen Jean-Michel JM
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 20130812 1626
Bracoviruses represent the most complex endogenous viral elements (EVEs) described to date. Nudiviral genes have been hosted within parasitoid wasp genomes since approximately 100 Ma. They play a crucial role in the wasp life cycle as they produce bracovirus particles, which are injected into parasitized lepidopteran hosts during wasp oviposition. Bracovirus particles encapsidate multiple dsDNA circles encoding virulence genes. Their expression in parasitized caterpillars is essential for wasp p ...[more]