Ancient Gene Capture and Recent Gene Loss Shape the Evolution of Orthopoxvirus-Host Interaction Genes

Ancient Gene Capture and Recent Gene Loss Shape the Evolution of Orthopoxvirus-Host Interaction Genes

ABSTRACT The survival of viruses depends on their ability to resist host defenses and, of all animal virus families, the poxviruses have the most antidefense genes. Orthopoxviruses (ORPV), a genus within the subfamily Chordopoxvirinae, infect diverse mammals and include one of the most devastating h...

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Main Authors: Tatiana G. Senkevich, Natalya Yutin, Yuri I. Wolf, Eugene V. Koonin, Bernard Moss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021-08-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
Gene gain
Gene loss
Host range
Poxvirus
Poxvirus evolution
Virus evolution
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01495-21

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01495-21

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