TY - JOUR
T1 - Large tailed spindle viruses of archaea
T2 - A new way of doing viral business
AU - Hochstein, Rebecca
AU - Bollschweiler, Daniel
AU - Engelhardt, Harald
AU - Lawrence, Martin
AU - Young, Mark
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, American Society for Microbiology.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Viruses of Archaea continue to surprise us. Archaeal viruses have revealed new morphologies, protein folds, and gene content. This is especially true for large spindle viruses, which infect only Archaea. We present a comparison of particle morphologies, major coat protein structures, and gene content among the five characterized large spindle viruses to elucidate defining characteristics. Structural similarities and a core set of genes support the grouping of the large spindle viruses into a new superfamily.
AB - Viruses of Archaea continue to surprise us. Archaeal viruses have revealed new morphologies, protein folds, and gene content. This is especially true for large spindle viruses, which infect only Archaea. We present a comparison of particle morphologies, major coat protein structures, and gene content among the five characterized large spindle viruses to elucidate defining characteristics. Structural similarities and a core set of genes support the grouping of the large spindle viruses into a new superfamily.
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U2 - 10.1128/JVI.00612-15
DO - 10.1128/JVI.00612-15
M3 - Article
C2 - 26085149
AN - SCOPUS:84940548183
SN - 0022-538X
VL - 89
SP - 9146
EP - 9149
JO - Journal of virology
JF - Journal of virology
IS - 18
ER -