Structure and physiology of giant DNA viruses.
Journal
Current opinion in virology
ISSN: 1879-6265
Titre abrégé: Curr Opin Virol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101560941
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2021
08 2021
Historique:
received:
23
02
2021
revised:
27
04
2021
accepted:
29
04
2021
pubmed:
30
5
2021
medline:
30
11
2021
entrez:
29
5
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Although giant viruses have existed for millennia and possibly exerted great evolutionary influence in their environment. Their presence has only been noticed by virologists recently with the discovery of Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus in 2003. Its virion with a diameter of 500 nm and its genome larger than 1 Mpb shattered preconceived standards of what a virus is and triggered world-wide prospection studies. Thanks to these investigations many giant virus families were discovered, each with its own morphological peculiarities and genomes ranging from 0.4 to 2.5 Mpb that possibly encode more than 400 viral proteins. This review aims to present the morphological diversity, the different aspects observed in host-virus interactions during replication, as well as the techniques utilized during their investigation.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34051592
pii: S1879-6257(21)00046-8
doi: 10.1016/j.coviro.2021.04.012
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Viral Proteins
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
58-67Subventions
Organisme : NIGMS NIH HHS
ID : R01 GM110185
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier B.V.