Data mining cDNAs reveals three new single stranded RNA viruses inNasonia(Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)
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Data mining cDNAs reveals three new single stranded RNA viruses in Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae).
We report three novel small RNA viruses uncovered from cDNA libraries from parasitoid wasps in the genus Nasonia. The genome of this kind of virus is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA with a 3' poly(A), which facilitates cloning from cDNAs. Two of the viruses, NvitV-1 and NvitV-2, possess a RNA-dependent RNA polymerase that associates them with the family Iflaviridae of the order Picornavira...
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عنوان ژورنال: Insect Molecular Biology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0962-1075,1365-2583
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00934.x