Sequence analysis and expression of a virus-like particle protein, VLP2, from the parasitic wasp Venturia canescens.
Endoparasitoid wasps produce maternal protein secretions, which are transported into the body of insect hosts at oviposition to regulate host physiology for successful development of their offspring. Venturia canescens calyx fluid contains so-called virus-like particles (VLPs) that are essential for immune evasion of the developing parasitoid inside the host. VLPs consist of four major proteins. In this paper, we describe the isolation and molecular cloning of a gene (vlp2) that is a constituent of VLPs and discuss its possible role in VLP structure and function.
Reineke
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Department of Applied and Molecular Ecology, Waite Campus, Adelaide University, Glen Osmond SA 5064, Australia.
Asgari
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Beck
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Schmidt
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D016367:Baculoviridae; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D018411:Spodoptera; D014863:Wasps / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development
D018076:DNA, Complementary; D019476:Insect Proteins