Q: baculovirus

[Don Chen]

venugopal <@bbsrc.ac.uk> wrote:

>Shigeru Morikawa <morikawa at nih.go.jp> wrote:
>>Does anyone know any paper describing that the baculovirus 
>>does NOT infect other insect or/and mammamlian cells.
>>Thank you in advance.
>>
>>
>Dear Shigeru,
>Read your message.  How are you? The text book on baculovirus expression
>system by Linda A King and Robert D Posse clearly states this. I quote
>"It is important to stress that baculovirus infections have not been 
>reported in humans, mammals, vertebrates or other invertebrate species"

I don't know about the first three groups, but Don Lightner's group
(Arizona)  has isolated a number of shrimp viruses including
baculovirus.

Don
**************************************************************
Sleeping we image what awake we wish,
         Dogs dream of bones, fishermen of fish. - Theocritus
Impoundments are another way of saying,
    "Dam the rivers, damn the fish, and goddamn you."
**************************************************************