| Literature DB >> 8369563 |
R R Coler1, D G Boucias, J H Frank, J E Maruniak, A Garcia-Canedo, J C Pendland.
Abstract
A double-stranded DNA virus was isolated from hyperplasic salivary glands of male and female houseflies, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae), collected from a dairy in Alachua County, Florida, U.S.A. Sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) of this housefly salivary gland hyperplasia (SGH) virus revealed the presence of two major and eight minor structural polypeptides. Restriction endonuclease analysis indicated that the c. 137 kilobase pair DNA was double-stranded. Weekly, sweep-net sampling of the fly population throughout the season (May-October, 1991) showed that 1.5-18.5% of the dissected flies possessed hyperplasic salivary glands. The virus replicated within the nuclei of the salivary gland cells and was transmitted per os to newly-emerged healthy adult flies.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID： 8369563 DOI： 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1993.tb00688.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Med Vet Entomol ISSN： 0269-283X Impact factor: 2.739