title: Genome sequence of a Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus strain with cubic occlusion bodies.
abstract: Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) is a typical species of Baculoviridae. The complete genome sequence of a BmNPV strain with cubic occlusion bodies is reported here. The genome of this strain consists of 127,465 nucleotides with a G+C content of 40.36% and is 97.3% and 97.5% identical to those of BmNPV strain T3 and Bombyx mandarina NPV S1, respectively. Despite the abnormal polyhedra it forms, the polyhedrin gene of the BmNPV cubic strain is 100% identical to those of the other two strains. Baculovirus repeated ORFs and homologous repeat regions cause the major differences in genome size of these BmNPV isolates.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Ruo-Lin
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Yi-Peng
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Chuan-Xi
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D012831:Bombyx / Q000821:virology*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D016679:Genome, Viral; D007181:Inclusion Bodies, Viral / Q000821:virology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017924:Nucleopolyhedroviruses / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D000077183:Occlusion Body Matrix Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D000077183:Occlusion Body Matrix Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins; C009829:polyhedrin protein, Nucleopolyhedrovirus