A comparison of virus genome sequences with their host silkworm, Bombyx mori

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With the recent availability of the genomes of many viruses and the silkworm, Bombyx mori, as well as a variety of Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) programs, a new opportunity to gain insight into the interaction of viruses with the silkworm is possible. This study aims to determine the possible existence of sequence identities between the genomes of viruses and the silkworm and attempts to explain this phenomenon. BLAST searches of the genomes of viruses against the silkworm genome were performed using the resources of the National Center for Biotechnology Information. All studied viruses contained variable numbers of short regions with sequence identity to the genome of the silkworm. The short regions of sequence identity in the genome of the silkworm may be derived from the genomes of viruses in the long history of silkworm-virus interaction. This study is the first to compare these genomes, and may contribute to research on the interaction between viruses and the silkworm.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:576

Enthalten in:

Gene - 576(2016), 1 Pt 1 vom: 15. Jan., Seite 60-3

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tang, Xu-Dong [VerfasserIn]
Yue, Ya-Jie [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Li, Nan [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Zhong-Yuan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BLAST
Comparative Study
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Silkworm genome sequence
Virus disease
Virus-silkworm interaction

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Date Completed 18.03.2016

Date Revised 30.11.2015

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.gene.2015.09.073

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM25334526X