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The Virophage Family Lavidaviridae.
Current issues in molecular biology - 1 Jan 2021
Fischer Matthias G
Abstract excerpt
Double-stranded (ds) DNA viruses of the family Lavidaviridae, commonly known as virophages, are a fascinating group of eukaryotic viruses that depend on a coinfecting giant dsDNA virus of the Mimiviridae for their propagation. Instead of replicating in the nucleus, virophages multiply in the cytoplasmic virion factory of a coinfecting giant virus inside a phototrophic or heterotrophic protistal host cell....
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