Cedratvirus lausannensis - digging into Pithoviridae diversity. [PDF]
, 2017 Amoeba-infecting viruses have raised scientists' interest due to their novel particle morphologies, their large genome size and their genomic content challenging previously established dogma.
Bertelli, C. +5 more
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Sequencing and analysis of the complete genome of Rana grylio virus (RGV) [PDF]
, 2012 Infection with Rana grylio virus (RGV), an iridovirus isolated in China in 1995, resulted in a high mortality rate in frogs. The complete genome sequence of RGV was determined and analyzed.
Lei, Xiao-Ying +4 more
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A rapid genome-wide analysis of isolated giant viruses only using MinION sequencing
bioRxiv, 2023 Following the discovery of Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus, diverse giant viruses have been isolated. However, only a small fraction of these isolates has been completely sequenced, limiting our understanding of the genomic diversity of giant viruses ...
Hiroyuki Hikida +4 more
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Exploring nucleo-cytoplasmic large DNA viruses in Tara Oceans microbial metagenomes [PDF]
, 2013 Nucleo-cytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs) constitute a group of eukaryotic viruses that can have crucial ecological roles in the sea by accelerating the turnover of their unicellular hosts or by causing diseases in animals. To better characterize the
Acinas, Silvia G. +27 more
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A giant virus genome is densely packaged by stable nucleosomes within virions
bioRxiv, 2022 The two doublet histones of Marseillevirus are distantly related to the four eukaryotic core histones and wrap 121 basepairs of DNA to form remarkably similar nucleosomes.
Terri D. Bryson +7 more
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DNA transposons have colonized the genome of the giant virus Pandoravirus salinus [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Transposable elements are mobile DNA sequences that are widely distributed in prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes, where they represent a major force in genome evolution.
Cheng Sun +3 more
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A Student\u27s Guide to giant Viruses Infecting Small Eukaryotes: From Acanthamoeba to Zooxanthellae [PDF]
, 2017 The discovery of infectious particles that challenge conventional thoughts concerning “what is a virus” has led to the evolution a new field of study in the past decade.
Armes, April C. +18 more
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Giant Viruses of the Kutch Desert [PDF]
, 2014 The Kutch desert (Great Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India) is a unique ecosystem: in the larger part of the year it is a hot, salty desert that is flooded regularly in the Indian monsoon season.
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Fifteen Marseilleviruses Newly Isolated From Three Water Samples in Japan Reveal Local Diversity of Marseilleviridae [PDF]
, 2019 The family Marseilleviridae, defined as a group of icosahedral double-stranded DNA viruses with particle size of approximately 250 nm and genome size of 350–380 kbp, belongs to the nucleo-cytoplasmic family of large DNA viruses.
Hiroyuki Ogata +7 more
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Medusavirus, a Novel Large DNA Virus Discovered from Hot Spring Water [PDF]
, 2019 ヒストン遺伝子を全セット持つ巨大ウイルスの発見 --DNA関連遺伝子のウイルス起源に新たな証拠--. 京都大学プレスリリース. 2019-02-08.Recent discoveries of new large DNA viruses reveal high diversity in their morphologies, genetic repertoires, and replication strategies.
Blanc-Mathieu, Romain +7 more
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