Meanings
plural alphabaculoviruses
- Any member of the genus Alphabaculovirus of viruses in the family Baculoviridae.
Both pe38 and ie-2 are absent from all sequenced group II alphabaculoviruses and betabaculoviruses except for CpGV, CrleGV, PhopGV, and PiraGV that contain a pe38 gene.
2015 July 14, “The Complete Genome of a New Betabaculovirus from Clostera anastomosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
From the genus name.
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