Article
Evolution of a major virion protein of the giant pandoraviruses from an inactivated bacterial glycoside hydrolase
1 Jul 2020
Abstract excerpt
Abstract The diverse viruses in the phylum Nucleocytoviricota (also known as NLCDVs, Nucleo-cytoplasmic Large DNA Viruses) typically possess large icosahedral virions. However, in several families of Nucleocytoviricota, the icosahedral capsid was replaced by irregular particle shapes, most notably, the amphora-like virions of pandoraviruses and pithoviruses, the largest known virus particles in the entire...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.