Extensive Gene Remodeling in the Viral World: New Evidence for Nongradual Evolution in the Mobilome Network [PDF]
, 2014 International audienceComplex nongradual evolutionary processes such as gene remodeling are difficult to model, to visualize, and to investigate systematically.
Bapteste, Eric +3 more
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The analysis of translation-related gene set boosts debates around origin and evolution of mimiviruses. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2017 The giant mimiviruses challenged the well-established concept of viruses, blurring the roots of the tree of life, mainly due to their genetic content.
Jônatas Santos Abrahão +3 more
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Conservation of major and minor jelly-roll capsid proteins in Polinton (Maverick) transposons suggests that they are bona fide viruses [PDF]
, 2014 Peer ...
Bamford, Dennis H. +2 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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Mimivirus Circulation among Wild and Domestic Mammals, Amazon Region, Brazil
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014 To investigate circulation of mimiviruses in the Amazon Region of Brazil, we surveyed 513 serum samples from domestic and wild mammals. Neutralizing antibodies were detected in 15 sample pools, and mimivirus DNA was detected in 9 pools of serum from ...
Fábio P. Dornas +9 more
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ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Iridoviridae [PDF]
, 2017 The Iridoviridae is a family of large, icosahedral viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes ranging in size from 103 to 220 kbp. Members of the subfamily Alphairidovirinae infect ectothermic vertebrates (bony fish, amphibians and reptiles), whereas ...
Chinchar, V. Gregory +10 more
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Lausannevirus Seroprevalence among Asymptomatic Young Adults. [PDF]
, 2013 Objectives: The giant Lausannevirus was recently identified as a parasite of amoeba that replicates rapidly in these professional phagocytes. This study aimed at assessing Lausannevirus seroprevalence among asymptomatic young men in Switzerland and ...
Baud, D. +3 more
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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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Smaller Fleas: Viruses of Microorganisms
Scientifica, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 Life forms can be roughly differentiated into those that are microscopic versus those that are not as well as those that are multicellular and those that, instead, are unicellular. Cellular organisms seem generally able to host viruses, and this propensity carries over to those that are both microscopic and less than truly multicellular.
Paul Hyman +5 more
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Zamilon, a novel virophage with Mimiviridae host specificity. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Virophages, which are potentially important ecological regulators, have been discovered in association with members of the order Megavirales. Sputnik virophages target the Mimiviridae, Mavirus was identified with the Cafeteria roenbergensis virus, and ...
Morgan Gaia +7 more
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