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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Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-01-01
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Series: | Microbiome |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-020-00956-0 |