title: Characterization of the polyhedrin gene of Spodoptera litura nuclear polyhedrosis virus.
abstract: The polyhedrin gene (polh) of a characteristically distinct Spodoptera litura nuclear polyhedrosis virus isolate (SIMNPV) is identified in the HindIII-F fragment of the viral DNA. The nucleotide sequence of the 1057 base pair (bp) region of this fragment contains an open reading frame (ORF) without any intervening sequence for coding a polypeptide of 246 amino acids. Analysis of the nucleotide sequence and deduced amino acid sequence indicate that this has more than 70% sequence identity to known polyhedrins. The coding region is preceded by an AT rich region containing the conserved late promoter motif TAAG. The upstream promoter and coding regions of this polh gene are more similar to polh of the NPVs of Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf), Spodoptera exigua (Se) and Panolis flamea (Pf).
authors.affiliation: School of International Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-0008, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.forename: O B
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Behera
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004279:DNA, Viral; D015247:Deoxyribonuclease HindIII / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017924:Nucleopolyhedroviruses / Q000235:genetics*; D000077183:Occlusion Body Matrix Proteins; D018411:Spodoptera / Q000821:virology; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D000077183:Occlusion Body Matrix Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins; C009829:polyhedrin protein, Nucleopolyhedrovirus; D015247:Deoxyribonuclease HindIII