Article
Natural genome-editing competences of viruses.
Acta biotheoretica - 1 Jan 2006
Witzany Günther
Abstract excerpt
It is becoming increasingly evident that the driving forces of evolutionary novelty are not randomly derived chance mutations of the genetic text, but a precise genome editing by omnipresent viral agents. These competences integrate the whole toolbox of natural genetic engineering, replication, transcription, translation, genomic imprinting, genomic creativity, enzymatic inventions and all types of genetic repair...
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