CLONING OF A VLP-PROTEIN CODING GENE FROM A PARASITOID WASP VENTURIA-CANESCENS

Authors
THEOPOLD U KRAUSE E SCHMIDT O
Citation
U. Theopold et al., CLONING OF A VLP-PROTEIN CODING GENE FROM A PARASITOID WASP VENTURIA-CANESCENS, Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology, 26(2-3), 1994, pp. 137-145
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology,Biology,Physiology
Journal title
Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07394462
Volume
26
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
137 - 145
Database
ISI
SICI code
0739-4462(1994)26:2-3<137:COAVCG>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Virus-like particles (VLPs) that are bound to the egg surface of a par asitic wasp Venturia canescens are void of nucleic acid and unable to infect host tissue but instead provide a passive protection against th e host's immune recognition. To investigate evolutionary and functiona l properties of Venturia particles, we isolated cDNAs coding for a VLP -protein by screening an expression library of the wasp, using antibod ies against purified VLPs. The corresponding coding DNA is present in the wasp genome as a single-copy gene. (C) 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.