Project description:The Helicoverpa armigera single-capsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (HaSNPV) can be propagated using H. zea insect cell cultures, for use as a biopesticide against Heliothine agricultural pests.This study sequenced, assembled and functionally annotated 29,586 transcript sequences from cultured H. zea cells using Illumina 100 bps and paired-end transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq). From these sequences, a genome-scale microarray platform was constructed and validated for effective expression analysis of H. zea genes. This array also included probes for all HaSNPV genes, thereby allowing virus and host gene changes to be monitored simultaneously.
Project description:A custom microarray, based on deep transcriptome sequencing ((GEO accession number: GSE34418), was used to simultaneously investigate expression of over 24,000 Helicoverpa zea insect transcripts and 134 H. armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV) genes throughout the infection process at 0, 12, 24 and 48 hours post infection
