Metabolic arsenal of giant viruses: Host hijack or self-use?

Belhaouari, Djamal Brahim; Pires, Gabriel Augusto; Lamb, David; Kelly, Steven; Goldstone, Jared V; Stegeman, John J; Colson, Philippe; Scola, Bernard La; Aherfi, Sarah

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Metabolic arsenal of giant viruses: Host hijack or self-use?

Djamal Brahim Belhaouari, Gabriel Augusto Pires De Souza, David Lamb

, Steven Kelly

, Jared V Goldstone, John J Stegeman

, Philippe Colson, Bernard La Scola, Sarah Aherfi

eLife, Volume: 11

Swansea University Authors: David Lamb , Steven Kelly

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Viruses generally are defined as lacking the fundamental properties of living organisms in that they do not harbor an energy metabolism system or protein synthesis machinery. However, the discovery of giant viruses of amoeba has fundamentally challenged this view because of their exceptional genome...

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Metabolic arsenal of giant viruses: Host hijack or self-use?

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