Characterization of a baculovirus gene encoding a small conotoxinlike polypeptide.

doi:10.1128/JVI.66.11.6563-6571.1992

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Characterization of a baculovirus gene encoding a small conotoxinlike polypeptide.

Journal of virology - 1 Nov 1992

Eldridge R, Li Y, Miller L K

Abstract excerpt

We identified a gene of Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcMNPV) that encodes a small cysteine-rich polypeptide which has size and sequence similarity to omega-conotoxins, a class of calcium ion (Ca2+) channel inhibitors, found in the venom of cone snails. Transcriptional analys...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Baculoviridae
Base Sequence
Biological Assay
Chromosome Mapping
Genes, Viral
Larva
Molecular Sequence Data
Moths
Mutation
Open Reading Frames
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
Toxins, Biological
Transcription, Genetic
Viral Proteins

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