New evolutionary frontiers from unusual virus genomes

The sequences of two giant viral genomes, Mimivirus and a polydnavirus, have recently been published. Mimivirus has the largest known viral genome and encodes an unprecedented number of proteins, whereas the polydnavirus genome has an extremely low coding density and does not encode DNA-replication...

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Autores principales: Desjardins, Christopher, Eisen, Jonathan A, Nene, Vishvanath
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1088936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15774035
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2005-6-3-212
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description The sequences of two giant viral genomes, Mimivirus and a polydnavirus, have recently been published. Mimivirus has the largest known viral genome and encodes an unprecedented number of proteins, whereas the polydnavirus genome has an extremely low coding density and does not encode DNA-replication proteins. These and other unusual features challenge the way we view the evolution and definition of viruses.
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spelling pubmed-10889362005-05-05 New evolutionary frontiers from unusual virus genomes Desjardins, Christopher Eisen, Jonathan A Nene, Vishvanath Genome Biol Minireview The sequences of two giant viral genomes, Mimivirus and a polydnavirus, have recently been published. Mimivirus has the largest known viral genome and encodes an unprecedented number of proteins, whereas the polydnavirus genome has an extremely low coding density and does not encode DNA-replication proteins. These and other unusual features challenge the way we view the evolution and definition of viruses. BioMed Central 2005 2005-03-02 /pmc/articles/PMC1088936/ /pubmed/15774035 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2005-6-3-212 Text en Copyright © 2005 BioMed Central Ltd
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New evolutionary frontiers from unusual virus genomes
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title_full New evolutionary frontiers from unusual virus genomes
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title_short New evolutionary frontiers from unusual virus genomes
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1088936/
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