Reduced cysteine protease activity of the hemolymph of Bombyx mori larvae infected with fp25K-inactivated bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus results in the reduced postmortem host degradation.

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We previously reported that the FP25K gene (fp25K) product of the baculovirus Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) is involved in postmortem host degradation. Here, we investigated the mechanism by which reduced postmortem host degradation is caused after the infection of fp25K-mutated BmNPVs. Firstly, we investigated gene expression levels of vcath and chiA both of which products are involved in postmortem...

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