dc.creatorHaase, Santiago
dc.creatorMcCarthy, Christina Beryl
dc.creatorFerrelli, María Leticia
dc.creatorPidre, Matías Luis
dc.creatorSciocco de Cap, Alicia
dc.creatorRomanowski, Víctor
dc.date2015
dc.date2019-11-20T17:20:20Z
dc.identifierhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/85817
dc.identifierissn:1999-4915
dc.description<i>Anticarsia gemmatalis</i> is an important pest in legume crops in South America and it has been successfully controlled using <i>Anticarsia gemmatalis Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus</i> (AgMNPV) in subtropical climate zones. Nevertheless, in temperate climates its speed of kill is too slow. Taking this into account, genetic modification of AgMNPV could lead to improvements of its biopesticidal properties. Here we report the generation of a two-component system that allows the production of recombinant AgMNPV. This system is based on a parental AgMNPV in which the polyhedrin gene (<i>polh</i>) was replaced by a bacterial β-<i>galactosidase</i> (<i>lacZ</i>) gene flanked by two target sites for the homing endonuclease I-<i>Ppo</i>I. Co-transfection of insect cells with linearized (I-<i>Ppo</i>I-digested) parental genome and a transfer vector allowed the restitution of <i>polh</i> and the expression of a heterologous gene upon homologous recombination, with a low background of non-recombinant AgMNPV. The system was validated by constructing a recombinant occlusion-positive (<i>polh</i><SUP>+</SUP>) AgMNPV expressing the green fluorescent protein gene (<i>gfp</i>). This recombinant virus infected larvae normally <i>per os</i> and led to the expression of GFP in cell culture as well as in <i>A. gemmatalis</i> larvae. These results demonstrate that the system is an efficient method for the generation of recombinant AgMNPV expressing heterologous genes, which can be used for manifold purposes, including biotechnological and pharmaceutical applications and the production of orally infectious recombinants with improved biopesticidal properties.
dc.descriptionFacultad de Ciencias Exactas
dc.descriptionInstituto de Biotecnologia y Biologia Molecular
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.format1599-1612
dc.languageen
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.subjectCiencias Exactas
dc.subjectAgMNPV
dc.subjectAnticarsia gemmatalis
dc.subjectBioinsecticide
dc.subjectRecombinant baculovirus
dc.subjectVelvetbean caterpillar
dc.titleDevelopment of a recombination system for the generation of occlusion positive genetically modified Anticarsia Gemmatalis Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus
dc.typeArticulo
dc.typeArticulo


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