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nuclear polyhedrosis virus

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nuclear polyhedrosis virus [¦nü·klē·ər ‚päl·ē·hē′drōs·əs ‚vī·rəs]
(virology)
A Baculovirus subgroup characterized by the multiplication and formation of polyhedron-shaped inclusion bodies in the nuclei of infected host cells, used in the control of agriculture and forest insects. Abbreviated NPV.


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Hamm and his coworkers field-tested the new duster with a nuclear polyhedrosis virus (
Gemstar(R) utilizes a naturally occurring nuclear polyhedrosis virus (NPV) isolated from the cotton bollworm and enclosed in proteins.
is hoping to get EPA approval to begin field testing an autographa californica multicapsid nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcMNPV) into which company scientists have inserted a scorpion gene.
 
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