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The cryptic diversity of hepadnavirus relatives.
mBio - 10 Dec 2025
Gong Zhen, Han Guan-Zhu
Abstract excerpt
Enveloped hepadnaviruses, non-enveloped nackednaviruses, and the recently discovered non-enveloped proto-nackednaviruses are closely related reverse-transcribing DNA viruses. Yet, the host range and diversity of proto-nackednaviruses remain unclear. Here, we report the discovery of 31 proto-nackednaviruses (PnNVs) through deep genome-scale data mining. PnNVs are predominantly identified in distinct species of...
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