Concept information
Preferred term
Baculoviridae
Type
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mesh:Descriptor
Definition
- Family of INSECT VIRUSES which contain polyhedron-shaped or ovocylindrical occlusion bodies. The genera include ALPHABACULOVIRUS; GAMMABACULOVIRUS; and DELTABACULOVIRUS (commonly known as NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUSES) and BETABACULOVIRUS (commonly known as GRANULOVIRUSES). Baculovirus vectors are used for expression of foreign genes in insects and as BIOPESTICIDES for controlling insect populations.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Baculovirus
- txid10442
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- drug effects (Qualifier)
- enzymology (Qualifier)
- genetics (Qualifier)
- growth & development (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- isolation & purification (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- pathogenicity (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- ultrastructure (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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txid10442
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-VX8GFCSH-C
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