Article
Memory in viral quasispecies.
Journal of virology - 1 Apr 2000
Ruiz-Jarabo C M, Arias A, Baranowski E, Escarmís C, Domingo E
Abstract excerpt
Biological adaptive systems share some common features: variation among their constituent elements and continuity of core information. Some of them, such as the immune system, are endowed with memory of past events. In this study we provide direct evidence that evolving viral quasispecies possess a molecular memory in the form of minority components that populate their mutant spectra. The experiments have...
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