Thursday, 25 August 2011

cell biology - How Do Large Ocean Viruses Form Their Own Organelles?

Several large viruses (Arslan 2011) form their own organelles within the amoebae they invade.



How do these organelles form?





Reference:

Arslan, D., Legendre, M., Seltzer, V., Abergel, C., Claverie, J-M. (2011) Distant Mimivirus relative with a larger genome highlights the fundamental features of Megaviridae. PNAS 108(42): 17486-17491 [DOI]

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