Molecular evolution of viruses - Past and present, part 2 - An introduction

被引:4
作者
Becker, Y [1 ]
机构
[1] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Fac Med, Inst Microbiol, Dept Mol Virol, IL-91120 Jerusalem, Israel
关键词
evolution of viruses; molecular analysis; viral nucleic acids; theories of virus evolution;
D O I
10.1023/A:1007985323234
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The evolution of viruses is reviewed within the perspective of the concepts on the evolution of the lipid membrane bound vesicular structures in the prebiotic soup through the ideas on evolution of cells during the RNA World and the transition into the DNA World. The ancient Archeae bacteria and their retrons that carry the bacterial reverse transcriptase gene and their unique protein splicing capability provide an indication of the evolutionary path for retroviruses and, independently, for RNA and DNA viruses of the prokaryotic Archeae bacteria and the eukaryotic yeast and fungi.
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