VIRAL PARASITES OF GIANT VIRUSES. “The virophages retain many features of polintoviruses but followed a different strategy to adapt to reproduction in the cytoplasm of the host cells. Instead of encoding their own machinery for cytoplasmic propagation, these viruses evolved to parasitize their giant relatives by exploiting the transcription apparatus and other functions of the giant viruses.”
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nyas.12728/full
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022