MimiLook: A Phylogenetic Workflow for Detection of Gene Acquisition in Major Orthologous Groups of Megavirales [PDF]
Viruses, 2017 With the inclusion of new members, understanding about evolutionary mechanisms and processes by which members of the proposed order, Megavirales, have evolved has become a key area of interest. The central role of gene acquisition has been shown in previous studies. However, the major drawback in gene acquisition studies is the focus on few MV families
Philippe Colson +2 more
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Sequence analysis of malacoherpesvirus proteins: Pan-herpesvirus capsid module and replication enzymes with an ancient connection to “Megavirales” [PDF]
Virology, 2018 The order Herpesvirales includes animal viruses with large double-strand DNA genomes replicating in the nucleus. The main capsid protein in the best-studied family Herpesviridae contains a domain with HK97-like fold related to bacteriophage head proteins, and several virion maturation factors are also homologous between phages and herpesviruses.
Arcady R Mushegian, Tal Pupko
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“Megavirales”, a proposed new order for eukaryotic nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses [PDF]
Archives of Virology, 2013 The nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs) comprise a monophyletic group of viruses that infect animals and diverse unicellular eukaryotes. The NCLDV group includes the families Poxviridae, Asfarviridae, Iridoviridae, Ascoviridae, Phycodnaviridae, Mimiviridae and the proposed family "Marseilleviridae".
Philippe Colson +2 more
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Welcome to pandoraviruses at the 'Fourth TRUC’ club [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015 Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs), or representatives of the proposed order Megavirales, belong to families of giant viruses that infect a broad range of eukaryotic hosts.
Vikas eSharma +8 more
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Kaumoebavirus, a New Virus That Clusters with Faustoviruses and Asfarviridae [PDF]
Viruses, 2016 In this study, we report the isolation of a new giant virus found in sewage water from the southern area of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), with morphological and genomic resemblance to Faustoviruses.
Leena H. Bajrai +6 more
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On the occurrence of cytochrome P450 in viruses. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2019 Author Posting. © The Author(s), 2019. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of National Academy of Sciences for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Proceedings of the National
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Amoebae, Giant Viruses, and Virophages Make Up a Complex, Multilayered Threesome [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2018 Viral infection had not been observed for amoebae, until the Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV) was discovered in 2003. APMV belongs to the nucleocytoplasmatic large DNA virus (NCLDV) family and infects not only A.
Jan Diesend +3 more
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A Large Open Pangenome and a Small Core Genome for Giant Pandoraviruses [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Giant viruses of amoebae are distinct from classical viruses by the giant size of their virions and genomes. Pandoraviruses are the record holders in size of genomes and number of predicted genes. Three strains, P. salinus, P. dulcis, and P.
Sarah Aherfi +11 more
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The Double-Stranded DNA Virosphere as a Modular Hierarchical Network of Gene Sharing [PDF]
mBio, 2016 Virus genomes are prone to extensive gene loss, gain, and exchange and share no universal genes. Therefore, in a broad-scale study of virus evolution, gene and genome network analyses can complement traditional phylogenetics.
Jaime Iranzo +2 more
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Mimiviridae, Marseilleviridae, and virophages as emerging human pathogens causing healthcare-associated infections [PDF]
GMS Hygiene and Infection Control, 2014 [english] Aim: During the last decade it became obvious that viruses belonging to and families (order Megavirales), may be potential causative agents of pneumonia. Thus, we have performed a review of the association of , , and virophages with pneumonia,
Kutikhin, Anton G. +2 more
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