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Virophages rely on the
viral replication factory of the co-infecting
giant virus for
their own replication. One of the
characteristics of
virophages is...
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acted as a
parasite of that virus. In analogy, it was
called a
virophage.
Sputnik virophages were
found infecting giant viruses of
Mimiviridae group A. However...
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viruses Family Lavidaviridae –
Virophages Sputnik virophage Zamilon virophage Mavirus virophage Organic Lake
virophage Single-stranded DNA
satellite viruses...
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largely discounted.
Virophages are small, double-stranded DNA
viruses that rely on the co-infection of
giant viruses.
Virophages rely on the
viral replication...
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Zamilon is one of
three virophages to have been
isolated physically, the
others being Sputnik and Mavirus;
several other virophage DNAs have been discovered...
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named the
first virophage. A
virophage is
similar to
bacteriophage viruses,
which infect and
sicken bacteria, but
virophages infect viruses. Sputnik...
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strain of
Acanthamoeba castellanii mimivirus,
virophages are an
element of the
virus mobilome.
Virophages are
viruses that
replicate only when host cells...
- Duponchel, S. and Fischer, M.G. (2019) "Viva lavidaviruses! Five
features of
virophages that
parasitize giant DNA viruses". PLoS pathogens, 15(3). doi:10.1371/journal...
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contain a
significantly greater number of
genes than
typical viruses, and
virophages,
which are
viruses that are
parasites of
giant viruses. The name "Varidnaviria"...
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satellite virus Double-stranded DNA
satellite viruses Family Lavidaviridae –
Virophages Single-stranded DNA
satellite viruses Genus Dependoparvovirus – Adeno-****ociated...
