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baculovirus

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baculovirus
group of rod-shaped, double-stranded, DNA viruses which infect and kill a large number of different invertebrate species especially insects, including Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, Neuroplera, Trichoptera, Coleoptera and Homoptera, and also prawns; used as biocontrol agents, sometimes following genetic engineering of the virus.
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All the vaccine available in the United States, whether for seasonal or swine flu, currently is made using chicken eggs, while Protein Sciences makes its vaccine by infecting caterpillar cells with a baculovirus carrying the gene for hemagluttinin, a molecule that sticks out of the surface of the flu virus.
US company could make swine flu vaccine abroad after snub by AFP / AFP Global Edition
All the vaccine available in the United States, whether for seasonal or swine flu, currently is made using chicken eggs, while Protein Sciences makes its vaccine by infecting caterpillar cells with a baculovirus carrying the gene for hemagluttinin, a molecule that sticks out of the surface of the flu virus.
US company could make swine flu vaccine abroad after snub by AFP / AFP American Edition
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