Global Organization and Proposed Megataxonomy of the Virus World
National Institutes of Health · National Center for Biotechnology Information · +6 more institutions
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.
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 104.28
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 240
Authors
8- EVEugene V. KooninCorresponding
National Institutes of Health, National Center for Biotechnology Information
- VVValerian V. Dolja
Oregon State University
- MKMart Krupovìč
Institut Pasteur
- AVArvind Varsani
University of Cape Town, Arizona State University
- YIYuri I. Wolf
National Institutes of Health, National Center for Biotechnology Information
Topics & keywords
- Biology
- Genetics
- Genome
- Viral evolution
- RNA
- Gene
- Origin of replication
- Viral replication