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Non-susceptibility genes to Bombyx densovirus type 1, Nid-1 and nsd-1, affect distinct steps of the viral infection pathway.
Journal of invertebrate pathology - 1 Jan 2010
Kidokoro Kurako, Ito Katsuhiko, Ogoyi Dorington O, Abe Hiroaki, Mita Kazuei, Kadono-Okuda Keiko
Abstract excerpt
In the silkworm Bombyx mori, densovirus type 1 (BmDNV-1) replicates only in the midgut and causes fatal disease. Resistance to BmDNV-1 is determined by two genes, nsd-1 and Nid-1, respectively. Neither of them has been identified yet. We investigated the viral transcript by RT-PCR in inoculated s...
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