title: Complete genome sequence of invertebrate iridovirus IIV30 isolated from the corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea.
abstract: Members of the family Iridoviridae are animal viruses that infect only invertebrates and poikilothermic vertebrates. The invertebrate iridovirus 30 (IIV30) was originally isolated from a larva of the corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea (order lepidoptera, Family Noctuidae) in western Australia. The IIV30 virions are icosahedral, have a diameter of about 130nm, and contain a dsDNA genome of 198.5kbp with 28.11% in GC content and 177 coding sequences. Here we describe its complete genome sequence and annotate the genes for which we could assign a putative function. This is the sixth genome sequence of an invertebrate iridovirus reported.
authors.affiliation: UMR INRA-CNRS 7247, PRC, Centre INRA de Nouzilly, 37380 Nouzilly, France.
authors.forename: Benoît
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Piégu
authors.affiliation: UMR INRA-CNRS 7247, PRC, Centre INRA de Nouzilly, 37380 Nouzilly, France.
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guizard
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Molecular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; Interdepartmental Graduate Programs in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
authors.forename: Tatsinda
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Spears
authors.affiliation: Interdepartmental Graduate Programs in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cruaud
authors.affiliation: CEA/Institut de Génomique GENOSCOPE, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, CP 5706, 91057 Evry Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Arnault
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Couloux
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Molecular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; California Baptist University, Department of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, 8432 Magnolia Avenue Riverside, CA 92504, USA.
authors.forename: Dennis K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Bideshi
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Molecular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; Interdepartmental Graduate Programs in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
authors.forename: Brian A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Federici
authors.affiliation: UMR INRA-CNRS 7247, PRC, Centre INRA de Nouzilly, 37380 Nouzilly, France. Electronic address: yves.bigot@tours.inra.fr.
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bigot
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D016679:Genome, Viral; D017994:Iridovirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009036:Moths / Q000821:virology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
keywords: Insect; Intein; Iridoviridae; Iridovirus; MITE; dsDNA virus