Viruses take center stage in cellular evolution

被引:138
作者
Claverie, Jean-Michel [1 ]
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[1] CNRS, Struct & Genom Informat Lab, UPR 2589, IBSM, F-13288 Marseille 9, France
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10.1186/gb-2006-7-6-110
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The origins of viruses are shrouded in mystery, but advances in genomics and the discovery of highly complex giant DNA viruses have stimulated new hypotheses that DNA viruses were involved in the emergence of the eukaryotic cell nucleus, and that they are worthy of being considered as living organisms.
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