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Updated Virophage Taxonomy and Distinction from Polinton-like Viruses
Biomolecules, 2023 Virophages are small dsDNA viruses that hijack the machinery of giant viruses during the co-infection of a protist (i.e., microeukaryotic) host and represent an exceptional case of “hyperparasitism” in the viral world.
Simon Roux +5 more
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Ecogenomics of virophages and their giant virus hosts assessed through time series metagenomics
Nature Communications, 2017 Virophages are small viruses that co-infect eukaryotic cells alongside giant viruses (Mimiviridae) and hijack their machinery to replicate. While two types of virophages have been isolated, their genomic diversity and ecology remain largely unknown. Here
S. Roux +5 more
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Mimivirus transcription and translation occur at well-defined locations within amoeba host cells
Journal of VirologyMany giant viruses replicate in the cytoplasm in viral factories. How exactly these viral factories are established and where the different steps of the replication cycle occur remain largely obscure.
Lotte Mayer +4 more
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mBio, 2019 The nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDV) of eukaryotes (proposed order, “Megavirales”) include the families Poxviridae, Asfarviridae, Iridoviridae, Ascoviridae, Phycodnaviridae, Marseilleviridae, and Mimiviridae, as well as still unclassified ...
Disa Bäckström +9 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 The mechanistic evolutionary origin of the eukaryotic cell nucleus remains unknown. Among several plausible hypotheses, the most controversial is that large DNA viruses, such as poxviruses, led to the emergence of the eukaryotic cell nucleus.
Masaharu Takemura
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Cedratvirus, a Double-Cork Structured Giant Virus, is a Distant Relative of Pithoviruses
Viruses, 2016 Most viruses are known for the ability to cause symptomatic diseases in humans and other animals. The discovery of Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus and other giant amoebal viruses revealed a considerable and previously unknown area of uncharacterized ...
J. Andreani +7 more
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Viruses, 2019 Viruses are the most prevalent infectious agents, populating almost every ecosystem on earth. Most viruses carry only a handful of genes supporting their replication and the production of capsids.
Nadav Brandes, Michal Linial
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Giant Magnetoresistance-based Biosensor for Detection of Influenza A Virus [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 We have developed a simple and sensitive method for the detection of influenza A virus based on giant magnetoresistance (GMR) biosensor. This assay employs monoclonal antibodies to viral nucleoprotein (NP) in combination with magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs).
Krishna, Venkatramana D. +3 more
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Host genome integration and giant virus-induced reactivation of the virophage mavirus
Nature, 2016 Endogenous viral elements are increasingly found in eukaryotic genomes, yet little is known about their origins, dynamics, or function. Here we provide a compelling example of a DNA virus that readily integrates into a eukaryotic genome where it acts as ...
M. Fischer, T. Hackl
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In-depth study of Mollivirus sibericum, a new 30,000-y-old giant virus infecting Acanthamoeba
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015 Significance The saga of giant viruses (i.e. visible by light microscopy) started in 2003 with the discovery of Mimivirus. Two additional types of giant viruses infecting Acanthamoeba have been discovered since: the Pandoraviruses (2013) and Pithovirus ...
M. Legendre +14 more
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