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References (VIIIth ICTV Report)

Albrecht, A., Wyler, T., Pfister-Wilhelm, R., Heiniger, P., Hurt, E., Gruber, A., Schumperli, D. and Lanzrein, B. (1994). Polydnavirus of the parasitic wasp Chelonus inanitus (Braconidae): characterization, genome organization and time point of replication. J. Gen. Virol., 75, 3353-3363.

Belle, E., Beckage, N.E., Rousselet, J., Poirié M., Lemeunier, F. and Drezen J.M. (2002). Visualization of polydnavirus sequences in a parasitoid wasp chromosome. J. Virol., 76, 5793-5796.

Blissard, G.W., Fleming, J.G.W., Vinson, S.B. and Summers, M.D. (1986). Campoletis sonorensis< virus: expression in Heliothis virescens and identification of expressed sequences. J. Insect Physiol., 32, 352-359.

De Buron, I. and Beckage, N.E. (1992). Characterization of a polydnavirus (PDV) and virus-like filamentous particle (VLFP) in the braconid wasp Cotesia congregata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). J. Invert Path., 59, 315-327.

Cui, L. and Webb, B.A. (1997). Homologous sequences in the Campoletis sonorensis polydnavirus genome are implicated in replication and nesting of the W segment family. J. Virol., 71, 8504-8513.

Dib-Hajj, S.D., Webb, B.A. and Summers, M.D. (1993). Structure and evolutionary implications of a "cysteine-rich" Campoletis sonorensis polydnavirus gene family. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 90, 3765-3769.

Fleming, J.G.W. and Summers, M.D. (1986). Campoletis sonorensis endoparasitic wasps contain forms of C. sonorensis virus DNA suggestive of integrated and extrachromosomal polydnavirus DNAs. J. Virol., 57, 552-562.

Fleming, J.G.W. and Summers, M.D. (1991). Polydnavirus DNA is integrated in the DNA of its parasitoid wasp host. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 88, 9770-9774.

Fleming, J.G.W. (1992). Polydnaviruses: mutualists and pathogens. Ann. Rev. Entomol., 37, 401-425.

Marti, D., Grossniklaus-Biirgin, C., Wyder, S., Wyler, T. and Lanzrein, B. (2002). Ovary development and polydnavirus morphogenesis in the parasitic wasp Chelonus inanitus, part I: ovary morphogenesis, amplification of viral DNA and ecdysteroid titres. J. Gen. Virol., 84, 1141-1150.

Shelby, K.S and Webb, B.A. (1999). Polydnavirus-mediated suppression of insect immunity. J. Insect Physiol., 45, 507-514.

Stoltz, D.B. and Whitfield, J.B. (1992). Viruses and virus-like entities in the parasite Hymenoptera. J. Hymeno. Res., 1, 125-139.

Strand, M.R. and Pech, L.L. (1995). Immunological basis for compatibility in parasitoid-host relationships. Ann. Rev. Entomol., 40, 31-56.

Turnbull, M.W. and Webb B.A. (2002). Perspectives on polydnavirus origins and evolution. Adv. Virus. Res., 58, 203-254.

Webb, B.A. (1998). Polydnavirus biology genome structure and evolution. In: The Insect Viruses (L.K. Miller and L. A. Ball, eds), pp 105-139. Plenum Press, New York.

Whitfield, J.B. (2000). Phylogeny of microgastroid braconid wasps, and what it tells us about polydnavirus evolution. In: The Hymenoptera: Evolution, Biodiversity and Biological Control. (A.D. Austin & M. Dowton, eds), pp. 97-105. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Wyder, S., Tschannen, A., Hochuli, A., Gruber, A., Saladin, V., Zumbach, S. and Lanzrein, B. (2002). Characterization of Chelonus inanitus polydnavirus segments: sequences and analysis and demonstration of clustering. J. Gen. Virol., 83, 247-256.

Wyler, T. and Lanzrein, B. (2003). Ovary development and polydnavirus morphogenesis in the parasitic wasp Chelonus inanitus, part II: Ultrastructural analysis of calyx cell development, virion formation and release. J. Gen. Virol., 84, 1151-1163.

Contributed by

Webb, B.A., Beckage, N.E., Hayakwa, Y., Lanzrein, B., Stoltz, D.B., Strand, M.R. and Summers, M.D.

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