Infection cycles of large DNA viruses: Emerging themes and underlying questions

Virology

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2014, Pages 3-14

  Mutsafi, Yael ^a   Fridmann Sirkis, Yael ^a   Milrot, Elad ^a   Hevroni, Liron ^a   Minsky, Abraham ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacteriophages; Giant viruses; Herpesvirus; Membrane biogenesis; Mimivirus; Nucleocytoplasmic large dsDNA viruses (NCLDVs); Pandoraviruses; Stargate; Vaccinia; Viral factories

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; BIOGENESIS; CELL MIGRATION; DNA VIRUS; DNA VIRUS INFECTION; MIMIVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; PANDORAVIRUS SIBERICUM; REVIEW; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS ENTRY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; MIMIVIRIDAE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY;

DNA VIRUSES; HERPESVIRIDAE; MIMIVIRUS;

DNA VIRUS; VIRUS DNA;

AMOEBA; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; DNA VIRUSES; DNA, VIRAL; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; MIMIVIRIDAE; VIRAL STRUCTURES; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84908230936     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.05.037     Document Type: Review

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