Discovery of the first insect nidovirus, a missing evolutionary link in the emergence of the largest RNA virus genomes.

Discovery of the first insect nidovirus, a missing evolutionary link in the emergence of the largest RNA virus genomes.

Nidoviruses with large genomes (26.3-31.7 kb; 'large nidoviruses'), including Coronaviridae and Roniviridae, are the most complex positive-sense single-stranded RNA (ssRNA+) viruses. Based on genome size, they are far separated from all other ssRNA+ viruses (below 19.6 kb), including the d...

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Main Authors: Phan Thi Nga, Maria del Carmen Parquet, Chris Lauber, Manmohan Parida, Takeshi Nabeshima, Fuxun Yu, Nguyen Thanh Thuy, Shingo Inoue, Takashi Ito, Kenta Okamoto, Akitoyo Ichinose, Eric J Snijder, Kouichi Morita, Alexander E Gorbalenya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-09-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21931546/pdf/?tool=EBI

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