Polintons: a hotbed of eukaryotic virus, transposon and plasmid evolution
Polintons: a hotbed of eukaryotic virus, transposon and plasmid evolution
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Polintons are large DNA transposons that are widespread in the genomes of eukaryotes. Here, Krupovic and Koonin propose that Polintons were the first group of eukaryotic double-stranded DNA viruses to evolve from bacteriophages and that they gave rise to most large DNA viruses of eukaryotes and various other selfish elements.
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Polintons: a hotbed of eukaryotic virus, transposon and plasmid evolution
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5898198
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5898198
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1740-1526
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1740-1534
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10.1038/nrmicro3389
