title: Genome of Thysanoplusia orichalcea multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus lacks the superoxide dismutase gene.
abstract: Thysanoplusia orichalcea multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (ThorMNPV) has high virulence to Trichoplusia ni and Pseudoplusia includens larvae, with a potential for biological control of insect pests. The genome of ThorMNPV was sequenced and found to be 132,978 bp, with a G+C content of 37.9%. There are 145 predicted open reading frames (ORFs), encoding proteins of 50 or more amino acid residues with minimal overlap. Of the 145 ORFs, 141 appeared to be homologous to those of Autographa californica MNPV (AcMNPV). In comparison to AcMNPV, 9 ORFs of AcMNPV were absent in ThorMNPV, including the superoxide dismutase (sod) gene.
authors.affiliation: Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology and Control of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yun-Sheng
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Guo-Hua
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xin-Hua
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Xing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Tyler A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Garretson
authors.forename: Liang-Ying
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Chuan-Xi
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiao-Wen
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D007814:Larva / Q000821:virology; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000821:virology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017924:Nucleopolyhedroviruses / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000235:genetics; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase