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Genome Sequence of a Novel Iflavirus from mRNA Sequencing of the Pupa of Bombyx mori Inoculated with Cordyceps militaris.

ABSTRACT: We discovered a novel iflavirus from the transcriptome of the Bombyx mori pupa inoculated with the insect-pathogenic fungus Cordyceps militaris. The assembled iflavirus genome has 10,119 nucleotides, with a 3'-polyadenylated tail, and it encodes a polyprotein composed of 3,004 amino acids.

SUBMITTER: Suzuki T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4574369 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genome Sequence of a Novel Iflavirus from mRNA Sequencing of the Pupa of Bombyx mori Inoculated with Cordyceps militaris.

Suzuki Tomohiro T Takeshima Yoshino Y Mikamoto Toshiyuki T Saeki Jun-David JD Kato Tatsuya T Park Enoch Y EY Kawagishi Hirokazu H Dohra Hideo H

Genome announcements 20150917 5

We discovered a novel iflavirus from the transcriptome of the Bombyx mori pupa inoculated with the insect-pathogenic fungus Cordyceps militaris. The assembled iflavirus genome has 10,119 nucleotides, with a 3'-polyadenylated tail, and it encodes a polyprotein composed of 3,004 amino acids. ...[more]

PMID: 26383664

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