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
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Online Access:https://virusjour.crie.ru/jour/article/viewFile/178/88
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author D. K. Lvov
T. E. Sizikova
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S. V. Borisevich
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description 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 characteristics.
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spelling doaj.art-94472dbe7a274ebfab33aab3f855d06f2023-07-12T20:00:39ZengCentral Research Institute for EpidemiologyВопросы вирусологии0507-40882411-20972018-02-0163151010.18821/0507-4088-2018-63-1-5-10158GIANT VIRUSES: ORIGIN, SPREADING, TAXONOMICAL, STRUCTURAL-MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR-BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICSD. K. Lvov0T. E. Sizikova1V. N. Lebedev2S. V. Borisevich3National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after the honorary academician N.F. Gamaleya48 Central Scientific Research Institute48 Central Scientific Research Institute48 Central Scientific Research InstituteThe 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 characteristics.https://virusjour.crie.ru/jour/article/viewFile/178/88reviewgiant virusesvirophagesamoeba specieseukaryoteslight microscopymimivirus associated pneumonia
spellingShingle D. K. Lvov
T. E. Sizikova
V. N. Lebedev
S. V. Borisevich
GIANT VIRUSES: ORIGIN, SPREADING, TAXONOMICAL, STRUCTURAL-MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR-BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Вопросы вирусологии
review
giant viruses
virophages
amoeba species
eukaryotes
light microscopy
mimivirus associated pneumonia
title GIANT VIRUSES: ORIGIN, SPREADING, TAXONOMICAL, STRUCTURAL-MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR-BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
title_full GIANT VIRUSES: ORIGIN, SPREADING, TAXONOMICAL, STRUCTURAL-MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR-BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
title_fullStr GIANT VIRUSES: ORIGIN, SPREADING, TAXONOMICAL, STRUCTURAL-MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR-BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
title_full_unstemmed GIANT VIRUSES: ORIGIN, SPREADING, TAXONOMICAL, STRUCTURAL-MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR-BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
title_short GIANT VIRUSES: ORIGIN, SPREADING, TAXONOMICAL, STRUCTURAL-MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR-BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
title_sort giant viruses origin spreading taxonomical structural morphological and molecular biological characteristics
topic review
giant viruses
virophages
amoeba species
eukaryotes
light microscopy
mimivirus associated pneumonia
url https://virusjour.crie.ru/jour/article/viewFile/178/88
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