Global Organization and Proposed Megataxonomy of the Virus World

1990/01/01 by Eugene V. Koonin, Valerian V. Dolja, Mart Krupovic +7 · 533 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Arts and Humanities · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Bacteriophages and microbial interactions #Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism #Plant Virus Research Studies #Plant and Fungal Interactions Research

paper · pdf · doi:10.1128/mmbr.00061-19

published in Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 84(2) (American Society for Microbiology)

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Abstract

Viruses and mobile genetic elements are molecular parasites or symbionts that coevolve with nearly all forms of cellular life. The route of virus replication and protein expression is determined by the viral genome type. Comparison of these routes led to the classification of viruses into seven “Baltimore classes” (BCs) that define the major features of virus reproduction. However, recent phylogenomic studies identified multiple evolutionary connections among viruses within each of the BCs as well as between different classes.

Citations

• Central Dogma of Molecular Biology
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