Identifying bracovirus and ichnovirus genes involved in virion morphogenesis

Ange Lorenzi; Michael R Strand; Gaelen R Burke; Anne-Nathalie Volkoff

doi:10.1016/j.cois.2021.11.006

Identifying bracovirus and ichnovirus genes involved in virion morphogenesis

Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2022 Feb:49:63-70. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2021.11.006. Epub 2021 Nov 26.

Authors

Ange Lorenzi¹, Michael R Strand², Gaelen R Burke², Anne-Nathalie Volkoff³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens 30602, GA, USA. Electronic address: ange.lorenzi@uga.edu.
² Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens 30602, GA, USA.
³ UMR DGIMI, University of Montpellier, INRAE, Montpellier 34 095, France. Electronic address: anne-nathalie.volkoff@inrae.fr.

PMID: 34839031
DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2021.11.006

Abstract

Bracoviruses (BVs) and ichnoviruses (IVs) evolved from different endogenized viruses but through convergence have been coopted by parasitoids in the families Braconidae and Ichneumonidae for similar functions in parasitizing hosts. Experimentally studying the role of endogenized viral genes in virion morphogenesis remains a key challenge in the study of BVs and IVs. Here we summarize how multiomics, electron microscopy, and RNA interference (RNAi) methods have provided new insights about BV and IV gene function.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Morphogenesis
Polydnaviridae* / genetics
RNA Interference
Virion / genetics
Wasps* / genetics