Chasing the origin of viruses: Capsid-forming genes as a life-saving preadaptation within a community of early replicators

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Jalasvuori, Matti ^a   Mattila, Sari ^a   Hoikkala, Ville ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GENE REPLICATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; PARASITE SURVIVAL; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; VIRAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CAPSID PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CAPSID PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, VIRAL; MODELS, GENETIC; VIRUS PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84945552320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126094     Document Type: Article

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