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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Veröffentlicht in:Voprosy virusologii 2018-02, Vol.63 (1), p.5-10
Hauptverfasser: Lvov, D K, Sizikova, T E, Lebedev, V N, Borisevich, S V
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
amoeba species
eukaryotes
giant viruses
light microscopy
mimivirus associated pneumonia
review
virophages
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:0507-4088
2411-2097
DOI:10.18821/0507-4088-2018-63-1-5-10