Mimiviruses: Giant viruses with novel and intriguing features (Review)
Mimiviruses: Giant viruses with novel and intriguing features (Review)
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Greece: Spandidos Publications
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English
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Greece: Spandidos Publications
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The Mimivirus is a giant virus that infects amoebae and was long considered to be a bacterium due to its size. The viral particles are composed of a protein capsid of ~500 nm in diameter, which is enclosed in a polysaccharide layer in which ~120‑140 nm long fibers are embedded, resulting in an overall diameter of 700 nm. The virus has a genome size...
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Mimiviruses: Giant viruses with novel and intriguing features (Review)
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_9133948
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_9133948
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1791-2997
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1791-3004
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10.3892/mmr.2022.12723
