Polintons, virophages and transpovirons: a tangled web linking viruses, transposons and immunity.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2017.06.008
Abstract: Virophages are satellite DNA viruses that depend for their replication on giant viruses of the family Mimiviridae. An evolutionary relationship exists between the virophages and Polintons, large self-synthesizing transposons that are wide spread in the… read more here.
Keywords: virophages transpovirons; giant virus; immunity; polintons virophages ... See more keywords