GIANT VIRUSES: ORIGIN, SPREADING, TAXONOMICAL, STRUCTURAL-MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR-BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS

GIANT VIRUSES: ORIGIN, SPREADING, TAXONOMICAL, STRUCTURAL-MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR-BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS

The brief review is devoted to description of the discovery of giant viruses belonging to the families of Mimiviridae and Marseilleviridae, as well as unassigned genera Pithoviruses, Pandoravirus, and Molliviruses. The review presents issues of their origin, evolution, and molecular-biological chara...

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Main Authors: D. K. Lvov, T. E. Sizikova, V. N. Lebedev, S. V. Borisevich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Central Research Institute for Epidemiology 2018-02-01
Series:Вопросы вирусологии
Subjects:
review
giant viruses
virophages
amoeba species
eukaryotes
light microscopy
mimivirus associated pneumonia
Online Access:https://virusjour.crie.ru/jour/article/viewFile/178/88

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