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Lipids of Archaeal Viruses
Archaeal viruses represent one of the least known territory of the viral universe and even less is known about their lipids. Based on the current knowledge, however, it seems that, as in other viruses, archaeal viral lipids are mostly incorporated into membranes that reside either as outer envelopes...
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2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3461281/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23049284 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/384919 |
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author | Roine, Elina Bamford, Dennis H. |
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description | Archaeal viruses represent one of the least known territory of the viral universe and even less is known about their lipids. Based on the current knowledge, however, it seems that, as in other viruses, archaeal viral lipids are mostly incorporated into membranes that reside either as outer envelopes or membranes inside an icosahedral capsid. Mechanisms for the membrane acquisition seem to be similar to those of viruses infecting other host organisms. There are indications that also some proteins of archaeal viruses are lipid modified. Further studies on the characterization of lipids in archaeal viruses as well as on their role in virion assembly and infectivity require not only highly purified viral material but also, for example, constant evaluation of the adaptability of emerging technologies for their analysis. Biological membranes contain proteins and membranes of archaeal viruses are not an exception. Archaeal viruses as relatively simple systems can be used as excellent tools for studying the lipid protein interactions in archaeal membranes. |
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spelling | pubmed-34612812012-10-04 Lipids of Archaeal Viruses Roine, Elina Bamford, Dennis H. Archaea Review Article Archaeal viruses represent one of the least known territory of the viral universe and even less is known about their lipids. Based on the current knowledge, however, it seems that, as in other viruses, archaeal viral lipids are mostly incorporated into membranes that reside either as outer envelopes or membranes inside an icosahedral capsid. Mechanisms for the membrane acquisition seem to be similar to those of viruses infecting other host organisms. There are indications that also some proteins of archaeal viruses are lipid modified. Further studies on the characterization of lipids in archaeal viruses as well as on their role in virion assembly and infectivity require not only highly purified viral material but also, for example, constant evaluation of the adaptability of emerging technologies for their analysis. Biological membranes contain proteins and membranes of archaeal viruses are not an exception. Archaeal viruses as relatively simple systems can be used as excellent tools for studying the lipid protein interactions in archaeal membranes. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012-09-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3461281/ /pubmed/23049284 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/384919 Text en Copyright © 2012 E. Roine and D. H. Bamford. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Roine, Elina Bamford, Dennis H. Lipids of Archaeal Viruses |
title | Lipids of Archaeal Viruses |
title_full | Lipids of Archaeal Viruses |
title_fullStr | Lipids of Archaeal Viruses |
title_full_unstemmed | Lipids of Archaeal Viruses |
title_short | Lipids of Archaeal Viruses |
title_sort | lipids of archaeal viruses |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3461281/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23049284 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/384919 |
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