Baculovirus Nucleocapsid Aggregation (MNPV Vs SNPV): an Evolutionary Strategy, or a Product of Replication Conditions?

Overview

Journal Virus Genes

Specialties Microbiology
Molecular Biology

Date 2014 Sep 17

PMID 25224849

Citations 6

Authors

George F Rohrmann

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Abstract

Lepidopteran nucleopolyhedroviruses are members of the Baculoviridae and have been categorized as having two morphotypes of occluded virions: multiple nucleocapsids or single nucleocapsids within the virion envelope. Although it is a definitive characteristic of specific viruses, it appears to lack a defined genetic basis and is independent of virus phylogeny. This review summarizes the factors that appear to influence this trait and the role that it may play in virus biology.

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