Translation in giant viruses: a unique mixture of bacterial and eukaryotic termination schemes.

Mimivirus and Megavirus are the best characterized representatives of an expanding new family of giant viruses infecting Acanthamoeba. Their most distinctive features, megabase-sized genomes carried in particles of size comparable to that of small bacteria, fill the gap between the viral and cellula...

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Main Authors: Sandra Jeudy, Chantal Abergel, Jean-Michel Claverie, Matthieu Legendre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3521657?pdf=render