A characterization of structural proteins expressed by Bombyx mori bidensovirus

Bombyx mori bidensiovirus (BmBDV) is a species of Bidensovirus that has been was placed into a new genus within the new family Bidnaviridae by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. BmBDV causes fatal flacherie disease in silkworms, which causes large losses to the sericulture industry. BmBDV contains two sets of complementary linear single-stranded DNAs of approximately 6.5 kb (viral DNA 1, VD1) and 6.0 kb (viral DNA 2, VD2). VD1...