Polinton-like viruses are abundant in aquatic ecosystems

Abstract Background Polintons are large mobile genetic elements found in the genomes of eukaryotic organisms that are considered the ancient ancestors of most eukaryotic dsDNA viruses. Originally considered as transposons, they have been found to encode virus capsid genes, suggesting they may actual...

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Main Authors: Christopher M. Bellas, Ruben Sommaruga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:Microbiome
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-020-00956-0