Novel Virophages Discovered in a Freshwater Lake in China [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 Virophages are small double-stranded DNA viruses that are parasites of giant DNA viruses that infect unicellular eukaryotes. Here we identify a novel group of virophages, named Dishui Lake virophages (DSLVs) that were discovered in Dishui Lake (DSL): an ...
Yongjie Wang, Weijia Zhang
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Virophages of Giant Viruses: An Update at Eleven [PDF]
Viruses, 2019 The last decade has been marked by two eminent discoveries that have changed our perception of the virology field: The discovery of giant viruses and a distinct new class of viral agents that parasitize their viral factories, the virophages.
Said Mougari +2 more
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Virophages and Their Interactions with Giant Viruses and Host Cells [PDF]
Proteomes, 2018 Virophages are small dsDNA viruses that were first isolated in association with some giant viruses (GVs), and then found in metagenomics samples. They encode about 20–34 proteins.
Haitham Sobhy
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Guarani Virophage, a New Sputnik-Like Isolate From a Brazilian Lake [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 Virophages are critical regulators of viral population dynamics and potential actors in the stability of the microbial networks. These small biological entities predate the replicative cycle of giant viruses, such as the members of the Mimiviridae family
Said Mougari +6 more
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Virophages, Satellite Viruses, Virophage Replication and Its Effects and Virophage Defence Mechanisms for Giant Virus Hosts and Giant Virus Defence Systems against Virophages [PDF]
International Journal of Molecular SciencesIn this paper, the characteristics of 40 so far described virophages—parasites of giant viruses—are given, and the similarities and differences between virophages and satellite viruses, which also, like virophages, require helper viruses for replication, are described.
Beata Tokarz-Deptuła +2 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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Expanding the Antimicrobial Toolbox with Therapeutic Viruses: Mechanisms, Pharmaceutical Formulation, and Translational Outlook [PDF]
PharmaceuticalsInfectious diseases continue to represent one of the most persistent challenges in human health and agricultural productivity. These diseases are caused by a wide range of pathogenic microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites ...
Margarita Strimaite +4 more
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Conserved tripartite tail proteins mediate virophage-host interactions through Synechococcus lipopolysaccharide binding [PDF]
Journal of VirologyVirophages are small double-stranded DNA viruses that parasitize giant viruses and play crucial roles in microbial ecosystem dynamics. In this study, we investigate three evolutionarily conserved tail proteins in Dishui Lake Virophage 2 (DSLV2) that ...
Ting Chu +12 more
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Pantanal virophage: a new virophage species associated with a moumouvirus and a transpoviron, expanding the genus Sputnikvirus [PDF]
Journal of VirologyAmoeba-infecting giant viruses, such as mimiviruses, challenged paradigms of virology since their discovery. Their extensive and complex genomes and particle structures can interact with virophages and transpovirons, revealing unique aspects of the viral
Bruna Luiza de Azevedo +9 more
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The Discovery of a New Mimivirus Isolate in Association with Virophage-Transpoviron Elements in Brazil Highlights the Main Genomic and Evolutionary Features of This Tripartite System [PDF]
Viruses, 2022 Mimiviruses are giant viruses of amoeba that can be found in association with virophages. These satellite-like viruses are dependent on the mimivirus viral factory to replicate.
Bruna Luiza de Azevedo +4 more
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