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Mutant swarms of a totivirus-like entities are present in the red macroalga Chondrus crispus and have been partially transferred to the nuclear genome.
Journal of phycology - 1 Aug 2016
Rousvoal Sylvie, Bouyer Betty, López-Cristoffanini Camilo, Boyen Catherine, Collén Jonas
Abstract excerpt
Chondrus crispus Stackhouse (Gigartinales) is a red seaweed found on North Atlantic rocky shores. Electrophoresis of RNA extracts showed a prominent band with a size of around 6,000 bp. Sequencing of the band revealed several sequences with similarity to totiviruses, double-stranded RNA viruses that normally infect fungi. This virus-like entity was named C. crispus virus (CcV). It should probably be regarded as...
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