baculovirus

When infected by a virus known as baculovirus, gypsy moth caterpillars mysteriously climb for the treetops.

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But the damage would be greater if it weren't for something called a baculovirus that can infect these caterpillars and cause them to engage in reckless, even suicidal behavior, scientists say.

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But the damage would be greater if it weren't for something called a baculovirus that can infect these caterpillars and cause them to engage in reckless, even suicidal behavior, scientists say.

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Niaid grantee Novavax Inc. is collaborating with General Electric Co. 's GE Healthcare to develop a pandemic-flu vaccine that harnesses baculovirus in caterpillar cells.

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To test their hypothesis, the scientists infected some caterpillars with a baculovirus that carried the normal version of this gene and other caterpillars with a baculovirus carrying an inactivated version of the gene.

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Now a team of scientists thinks they have discovered how the baculovirus takes control of gypsy moth caterpillars.

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Well, that's what happens if you're a gypsy moth caterpillar when you're infected by a baculovirus.

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Science/AAAS Caterpillars infected with baculovirus climb to the tops of trees, where they melt and drip the virus onto the foliage below.

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Slavicek says knowing precisely how baculovirus overwhelms the gypsy moth could help scientists develop more potent strains of the virus.

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Caterpillars infected with baculovirus climb to the tops of trees, where they melt and drip the virus onto the foliage below.

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