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Bracovirus gene products are highly divergent from insect proteins.
Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology - 1 Apr 2008
Bézier Annie, Herbinière Juline, Serbielle Céline, Lesobre Jérome, Wincker Patrick, Huguet Elisabeth, Drezen Jean-Michel
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Recently, several polydnavirus (PDV) genomes have been completely sequenced. The dsDNA circles enclosed in virus particles and injected by wasps into caterpillars appear to mainly encode virulence factors potentially involved in altering host immunity and/or development, thereby allowing the survival of the parasitoid larvae within the host tissues. Parasitoid wasps generally inject virulence factors produced in...
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