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An Anticarsia gemmatalis multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus mutant, vApAg, induces hemocytes apoptosis in vivo and displays reduced infectivity in larvae of Anticarsia gemmatalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).
Virus research - 1 Dec 2007
da Silveira Eni Braga, Cordeiro Bruno Arrivabene, Ribeiro Bergmann Morais, de Castro Maria Elita Batista, Soares Elisa Filgueiras, Báo Sônia Nair
Abstract excerpt
An Anticarsia gemmatalis multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AgMNPV) mutant, vApAg, induces apoptosis in a cell culture derived from Anticarsia gemmatalis (UFL-AG-286), reducing viral progeny. We have investigated apoptosis induction in vivo by vApAg in A. gemmatalis larvae and its correlation to infectivity reduction. LC(50), LD(50), LT(50) and the mean time to death of larvae were determined for vApAg and AgMNPV....
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