AcMNPV ac143(odv-e18), a core gene that forms a cluster with ac142, is essential and mediates BV production.

McCarthy, C.B., Theilmann, D.A., et Donly, B.C. (2008). « AcMNPV ac143(odv-e18), a core gene that forms a cluster with ac142, is essential and mediates BV production. », 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology and 9th International Conference on Bacillus thuringiensis, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, August 3-7, 2008. (Résumé)