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Giant Viruses
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DNA viruses that have genomes up to several megabases in length and infect primarily single-celled EUKARYOTES.
National Institutes of Health
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2019
2019
The Roles of Electrostatic Interactions in Capsid Assembly Mechanisms of Giant Viruses
Yuejiao Xian
,
C. Karki
,
Sebastian Miki Silva
,
Lin Li
,
Chuan Xiao
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2019
Corpus ID: 121359104
In the last three decades, many giant DNA viruses have been discovered. Giant viruses present a unique and essential research…
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Review
2016
Review
2016
Viral metagenomics: are we missing the giants?
S. Halary
,
S. Temmam
,
D. Raoult
,
C. Desnues
Current Opinion in Microbiology
2016
Corpus ID: 36922992
2014
2014
Development of DNA mismatch repair gene, MutS, as a diagnostic marker for detection and phylogenetic analysis of algal Megaviruses.
W. H. Wilson
,
Ilana C. Gilg
,
A. Duarte
,
H. Ogata
Virology
2014
Corpus ID: 70415
Review
2014
Review
2014
Looking at protists as a source of pathogenic viruses.
B. La Scola
Microbial Pathogenesis
2014
Corpus ID: 591513
2013
2013
Amoebae as Battlefields for Bacteria, Giant Viruses, and Virophages
Meriem Slimani
,
Isabelle Pagnier
,
D. Raoult
,
B. La Scola
Journal of Virology
2013
Corpus ID: 1049195
ABSTRACT When amoebae are simultaneously infected with Acanthamoeba polyphaga Mimivirus (APM) and the strictly intracellular…
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Shan Virus: A New Mimivirus Isolated from the Stool of a Tunisian Patient with Pneumonia
Hanene Saadi
,
D. G. Reteno
,
+5 authors
B. La Scola
Intervirology
2013
Corpus ID: 3669267
Objective: Following the isolation of a Marseillevirus from the stool of a healthy young Senegalese and a Mimivirus from a…
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Review
2013
Review
2013
First Isolation of a Giant Virus from Wild Hirudo medicinalis Leech: Mimiviridae isolation in Hirudo medicinalis
Mondher Boughalmi
,
Isabelle Pagnier
,
S. Aherfi
,
P. Colson
,
D. Raoult
,
B. La Scola
Viruses
2013
Corpus ID: 8373992
Giant viruses and amoebae are common in freshwater, where they can coexist with other living multicellular organisms. We screened…
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Review
2012
Review
2012
Smaller Fleas: Viruses of Microorganisms
P. Hyman
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S. Abedon
Scientifica
2012
Corpus ID: 18958746
Life forms can be roughly differentiated into those that are microscopic versus those that are not as well as those that are…
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Review
2011
Review
2011
Virophages to viromes: a report from the frontier of viral oceanography.
Alexander I. Culley
Current Opinion in Virology
2011
Corpus ID: 31584072
2009
2009
There is no such thing as a tree of life (and of course viruses are out!)
D. Raoult
Nature Reviews Microbiology
2009
Corpus ID: 3080018
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