| drosophila a virus is an unusual rna virus with a t=3 icosahedral core and permuted rna-dependent rna polymerase. | the vinegar fly, drosophila melanogaster, is a popular model for the study of invertebrate antiviral immune responses. several picorna-like viruses are commonly found in both wild and laboratory populations of d. melanogaster. the best-studied and most pathogenic of these is the dicistrovirus drosophila c virus. among the uncharacterized small rna viruses of d. melanogaster, drosophila a virus (dav) is the least pathogenic. historically, dav has been labelled as a picorna-like virus based on its ... | 2009 | 19474243 |