On extra-genome DNA elements in Adoxophyes honmai entomopoxvirus.

从属痘病毒科Betaentomopoxvirus属的honmai Adoxophyes entomopoxvirus （AHEV）中发现了病毒噬菌体样DNA片段。它们没有整合到AHEV基因组中。这些元素似乎没有形成类似病毒的结构，而可能被包装成AHEV病毒粒子。AHEV基因组和元件在感染昆虫中复制，拷贝数达到相同水平。衣壳样蛋白的系统发育说明了这些元素、昆虫和病毒之间的联系。

Virophage-like DNA elements were found from Adoxophyes honmai entomopoxvirus (AHEV), belonging to the genus Betaentomopoxvirus of the family Poxviridae. They were not integrated into AHEV genome. It seemed likely that the elements did not form virus like structure and were probably packaged into AHEV virions. AHEV genome and the elements were replicated in infected insects and their copy numbers reached the same level. The phylogeny of a capsid-like protein illustrated the link among the elements, insects and viruses.