title: Organization of the ambisense genome of the Helicoverpa armigera Densovirus.
abstract: A natural densovirus (DNV) of a serious phytophagous pest, Helicoverpa armigera, was isolated. The genome of HaDNV contained 6,039 nucleotides (nt) and included inverted terminal repeats (ITRs) of 545 nt with terminal Y-shaped hairpins of 126 nt. Its DNA sequence and ambisense organization with four typical open reading frames (ORFs) demonstrated that it belonged to the genus Densovirus in the subfamily Densovirinae of the family Parvoviridae.
authors.affiliation: INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El-Far
authors.forename: Jozsef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szelei
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fédière
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bergoin
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tijssen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D019223:Densovirinae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009036:Moths / Q000821:virology*; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny