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https://t.co/AD781feTrE New evolutionary frontiers from unusual virus genomes
https://t.co/AD781feTrE New evolutionary frontiers from unusual virus genomes
Mimivirus encodes components, "many of which have not previously been identified in viruses." https://t.co/8IOhK0lSaQ
Mimivirus "encodes an unprecedented number of components of...transcriptional, translational and replication." https://t.co/8IOhK0lSaQ
"Mimivirus has the largest known viral genome (1.18 megabase-pairs)." https://t.co/8IOhK0lSaQ