Distant Mimivirus relative with a larger genome highlights the fundamental features of Megaviridae

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 42, 2011, Pages 17486-17491

  Arslan, Defne ^a   Legendre, Matthieu ^a   Seltzer, Virginie ^a   Abergel, Chantal ^a   Claverie, Jean Michel ^a  

^a CNRS Aix Marseille University   (France)

Author keywords

DNA virus phylogeny; Girus; Mimiviridae; Tree of life; Viral translation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; FRESH WATER; INTEIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EUKARYOTE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; MEGAVIRUS CHILENSIS; MIMIVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA VIRUSES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIMIVIRIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; DNA VIRUSES; EUKARYOTA; MIMIVIRUS;

EID: 80054814749     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1110889108     Document Type: Article

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