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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Genome diversity of marine phages recovered from Mediterranean metagenomes: Size matters [PDF]
, 2017 Marine viruses play a critical role not only in the global geochemical cycles but also in the biology and evolution of their hosts. Despite their importance, viral diversity remains underexplored mostly due to sampling and cultivation challenges.
González-Serrano, Rafael +4 more
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A new Zamilon-like virophage partial genome assembled from a bioreactor metagenome
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015 Virophages replicate within viral factories inside the Acanthamoeba cytoplasm, and decrease the infectivity and replication of their associated giant viruses.
Meriem eBekliz +8 more
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Analysis of virus genomes from glacial environments reveals novel virus groups with unusual host interactions [PDF]
, 2015 Microbial communities in glacial ecosystems are diverse, active, and subjected to strong viral pressures and infection rates. In this study we analyse putative virus genomes assembled from three dsDNA viromes from cryoconite hole ecosystems of Svalbard ...
Anesio, Alexandre M B +2 more
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A classification system for virophages and satellite viruses [PDF]
Archives of Virology, 2015 Satellite viruses encode structural proteins required for the formation of infectious particles but depend on helper viruses for completing their replication cycles. Because of this unique property, satellite viruses that infect plants, arthropods, or mammals, as well as the more recently discovered satellite-like viruses that infect protists ...
Krupovic, Mart +2 more
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Identification of Capsid/Coat Related Protein Folds and Their Utility for Virus Classification [PDF]
, 2017 The viral supergroup includes the entire collection of known and unknown viruses that roam our planet and infect life forms. The supergroup is remarkably diverse both in its genetics and morphology and has historically remained difficult to study and ...
Arshan Nasir, Gustavo Caetano-Anollés
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Вопросы вирусологии, 2018 The brief review is devoted to description of the discovery of giant viruses belonging to the families of Mimiviridae and Marseilleviridae, as well as unassigned genera Pithoviruses, Pandoravirus, and Molliviruses.
D. K. Lvov +3 more
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Viruses, virophages, and their living nature
Acta Virologica, 2010 Over 100 years viruses have fascinated scientists around the world. Although biologists, chemists, physicians, veterinarians, and even physicists attempted to elucidate the nature of viruses, the question still remains "Are viruses alive?" Different theories have aimed at unifying our views of virology to provide an answer.
Ruiz Saenz, Julian, Rodas JD
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Quantitative Assessment of Nucleocytoplasmic Large DNA Virus and Host Interactions Predicted by Co-occurrence Analyses [PDF]
, 2021 Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs) are highly diverse and abundant in marine environments. However, the knowledge of their hosts is limited because only a few NCLDVs have been isolated so far.
Blanc-Mathieu, R. +6 more
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Structure of Sputnik, a virophage, at 3.5-Å resolution [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012 “Sputnik” is a dsDNA virus, referred to as a virophage, that is coassembled with Mimivirus in the host amoeba. We have used cryo-EM to produce an electron density map of the icosahedral Sputnik virus at 3.5-Å resolution, sufficient to verify the identity of most amino acids in the capsid proteins and to establish the identity of the ...
Xinzheng, Zhang +6 more
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