Functional Peroral Infectivity Complex of White Spot Syndrome Virus of Shrimp
Xi Wang, Cheng Chen, Nan Zhang, Qingxiu Chen, Fenghua Zhang, Xijia Liu, Fang Li, Zheng‐Li Shi, Just M. Vlak, Manli Wang, Zhìhóng Hú
Abstract
infectivity factor (PIF) complex, which is pivotal for the entry of WSSV into shrimp, could provide new targets for antibody- or dsRNA-based intervention strategies. In addition, the presence of a PIF complex with at least eight components in WSSV, which is ancestrally related to the PIF complex of invertebrate baculoviruses, suggests that this complex is structurally and functionally conserved in disparate virus taxa.
Topics & Concepts
White spot syndromeBiologyShrimpInfectivityWhite (mutation)VirusVirologyFisheryGeneticsGeneInvertebrate Immune Response MechanismsAquaculture disease management and microbiotaInsect symbiosis and bacterial influences