Mimivirus - Wikipedia
网页Mimivirus is a genus of giant viruses, in the family Mimiviridae. Amoeba serve as their natural hosts. [2][3] This genus contains a single identified species named Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV). It also refers to a group of …
Mimivirus: leading the way in the discovery of giant viruses ...
网页2017年4月1日 · The accidental discovery of the giant virus of amoeba — Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV; more commonly known as mimivirus) — in 2003 changed the field of virology.
Mimiviruses: Giant viruses with novel and intriguing features
网页2022年4月29日 · 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.
Mimivirus | Learn Science at Scitable - Nature
网页Mimivirus is the largest and most complex virus known. Is it an evolutionary bridge between nonliving viruses and living organisms, or is it just an anomaly?
Mimivirus: leading the way in the discovery of giant viruses ...
网页2017年2月27日 · The infection cycles of giant viruses of amoebae involve virus entry by amoebal phagocytosis and replication in viral factories. In addition, mimiviruses are infected by virophages, defend against them through the mimivirus virophage resistance element (MIMIVIRE) system and have a unique mobilome.
CRISPR-like ‘immune’ system discovered in giant virus | Nature
网页2016年2月29日 · Gigantic mimiviruses fend off invaders using defences similar to the CRISPR system deployed by bacteria and other microorganisms, French researchers report 1. They say that the discovery of a ...
rapidly expanding universe of giant viruses: Mimivirus ...
网页2015年9月29日 · Currently, Mimivirus is the only giant virus for which detailed analyses of the genome, transcriptome and particle proteome have been published (Raoult et al. 2004; Renesto et al. 2006; Legendre et al. 2010, 2011).