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Mimivirus relatives in the Sargasso sea

The discovery and genome analysis of Acanthamoeba polyphaga Mimivirus, the largest known DNA virus, challenged much of the accepted dogma regarding viruses. Its particle size (>400 nm), genome length (1.2 million bp) and huge gene repertoire (911 protein coding genes) all contribute to blur the e...

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Autores principales: Ghedin, Elodie, Claverie, Jean-Michel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1215527/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16105173
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-2-62