Self-synthesizing transposons: Unexpected key players in the evolution of viruses and defense systems

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2016, Pages 25-33

  Krupovic, Mart ^a   Koonin, Eugene V ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; CASPOSON; DNA VIRUS; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; POLINTON; POLINTON LIKE VIRUS; POLINTOVIRUS; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON; VIRAL GENETICS; VIROPHAGE; VIRUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GENETICS; MIMIVIRIDAE; PROKARYOTIC CELL; VIROLOGY;

CRISPR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS DNA;

CRISPR-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; EUKARYOTA; MIMIVIRIDAE; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; VIROPHAGES;

EID: 84961377128     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2016.01.006     Document Type: Review

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