Virology: Gulliver among the Lilliputians
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The discovery and genome sequencing of the mimivirus, a parasite of Acanthamoeba, blurs the boundary between viruses and cells: the 1.2 Mb genome of the mimivirus is predicted to contain 1262 genes and is much bigger than the genomes of many parasitic bacteria.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 15 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005