Analyses of the Kroon Virus Major Capsid Gene and Its Transcript Highlight a Distinct Pattern of Gene Evolution and Splicing among Mimiviruses
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DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01782-17
Abstract: ABSTRACT The inclusion of Mimiviridae members in the putative monophyletic nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus (NCLDV) group is based on genomic and phylogenomic patterns. This shows that, along with other viral families, they share a set… read more here.
Keywords: mimivirus; mimivirus isolates; major capsid; gene ... See more keywords
Amoebal Tubulin Cleavage Late during Infection Is a Characteristic Feature of Mimivirus but Not of Marseillevirus
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DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02753-22
Abstract: In general, intracellular pathogens target the cytoskeletal network to enable their life cycle inside the host. Pathogen-induced changes in the host cell morphology usually accompany global changes in the cytoskeleton resulting in cytopathic effects. ABSTRACT… read more here.
Keywords: cleavage; mimivirus marseillevirus; infection; mimivirus ... See more keywords
The Discovery of a New Mimivirus Isolate in Association with Virophage-Transpoviron Elements in Brazil Highlights the Main Genomic and Evolutionary Features of This Tripartite System
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DOI: 10.3390/v14020206
Abstract: Mimiviruses are giant viruses of amoeba that can be found in association with virophages. These satellite-like viruses are dependent on the mimivirus viral factory to replicate. Mimiviruses can also be associated with linear DNA molecules… read more here.
Keywords: mimivirus; main genomic; tripartite system; virophage transpoviron ... See more keywords
Microscopic Characterization of the Brazilian Giant Samba Virus
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DOI: 10.3390/v9020030
Abstract: Prior to the discovery of the mimivirus in 2003, viruses were thought to be physically small and genetically simple. Mimivirus, with its ~750-nm particle size and its ~1.2-Mbp genome, shattered these notions and changed what… read more here.
Keywords: mimivirus; samba virus; microscopy; samba ... See more keywords
The giant mimivirus 1.2 Mb genome is elegantly organized into a 30-nm diameter helical protein shield
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DOI: 10.7554/elife.77607
Abstract: Mimivirus is the prototype of the Mimiviridae family of giant dsDNA viruses. Little is known about the organization of the 1.2 Mb genome inside the membrane-limited nucleoid filling the ~0.5 µm icosahedral capsids. Cryo-electron microscopy,… read more here.
Keywords: diameter helical; helical protein; mimivirus; genome ... See more keywords