Virology: Gulliver among the lilliputians

被引:41
作者
Koonin, EV [1 ]
机构
[1] NIH, Natl Ctr Biotechnol Informat, Natl Lib Med, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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10.1016/j.cub.2005.02.042
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The discovery and genome sequencing of the mimivirus, a parasite of Acanthamoeba, blurs the boundary between viruses and cells: the 1.2 Mb genome of the mimivirus is predicted to contain 1262 genes and is much bigger than the genomes of many parasitic bacteria.
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