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The high complexity of the baculovirus genome, coupled with a multiphase replication cycle incorporating distinct transcriptional steps, made it the ideal system to manipulate for high-level expression of a single, or co-expression of multiple, foreign proteins within a single cell. We have developed and utilised a series of recombinant baculovirus systems to unravel the sequential assembly process of a complex non-enveloped model virus, bluetongue virus (BTV). The high protein yields expressed by the baculovirus system not only facilitated structure\u2013function analysis of each viral protein but were also advantageous to crystallography studies and supported the first atomic-level resolution of a recombinant viral protein, the major BTV capsid protein. Further, the formation of recombinant double-shelled virus-like particles (VLPs) provided insights into the structure\u2013function relationships among the four major structural proteins of the BTV whilst also representing a potential candidate for a viral vaccine. The baculovirus multi-gene expression system facilitated the study of structurally complex viruses (both non-enveloped and enveloped viruses) and heralded a new generation of viral vaccines.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/v16040492","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,25]],"date-time":"2024-03-25T12:50:49Z","timestamp":1711371049000},"page":"492","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Multi-Gene Recombinant Baculovirus Expression Systems: From Inception to Contemporary Applications"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Sara L.","family":"Bissett","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Infection Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6535-6911","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Polly","family":"Roy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Infection Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"115","DOI":"10.1016\/j.coviro.2017.05.003","article-title":"Bluetongue virus structure and assembly","volume":"24","author":"Roy","year":"2017","journal-title":"Curr. 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