title: Sequence analysis of the Spodoptera litura multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus genome.
abstract: The complete Spodoptera litura multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (SpltMNPV) genome contained 139,342 bp with a G+C content of 42.7%, and 141 putative open reading frames (ORFs) or genes of 150 nucleotides or greater that showed minimal overlap. Ninety-six ORFs had homologues in Autographa californica multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV), 16 had homologues in other baculoviruses, and 29 were unique to SpltMNPV. The homologues of ubiquitin and gp37 are fused in SpltMNPV. The genome lacked a homologue of the major budded virus glycoprotein gene gp64, but it contained a homologue of ORF130 of Lymantria dispar multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (LdMNPV). There were two homologues of AcMNPV ORF2 (bro gene), and a DnaJ protein gene (SpltORF39) in which the N-terminus showed homologies with the J domain of DnaJ family proteins. Seventeen homologous regions (hrs) were identified, each containing 2-29 palindromic repeats, with an average length of 534 bp and base content (G+C%) of 33.0.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, 510275, China. LS12@zsu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hu
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authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics; D016367:Baculoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017924:Nucleopolyhedroviruses / Q000235:genetics*; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D018411:Spodoptera / Q000821:virology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D014452:Ubiquitins / Q000235:genetics; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D014452:Ubiquitins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins