The Expanding Family of Virophages

Abstract excerpt

Virophages replicate with giant viruses in the same eukaryotic cells. They are a major component of the specific mobilome of mimiviruses. Since their discovery in 2008, five other representatives have been isolated, 18 new genomes have been described, two of which being nearly completely sequenced, and they have been classified in a new viral family, Lavidaviridae. Virophages are small viruses with approximately...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
• Share to Plant Virus Research Studies
• Share to Polyomavirus and related diseases