DNA polymerase swapping in Caudoviricetes bacteriophages

Abstract Background Viruses with double-stranded (ds) DNA genomes in the realm Duplodnaviria share a conserved structural gene module but show a broad range of variation in their repertoires of DNA replication proteins. Some of the duplodnaviruses encode (nearly) complete replication systems whereas...

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Main Authors: Natalya Yutin, Igor Tolstoy, Pascal Mutz, Yuri I. Wolf, Mart Krupovic, Eugene V. Koonin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-08-01
Series:Virology Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-024-02482-z