EXTREME STREAMLINING. “Some polintoviruses have given up the virus lifestyle altogether by losing the genes involved in virion formation and becoming pure transposons (Polintons). A striking example is the extraordinary expansion of capsid-less Polintons in Trichomonas vaginalis, where they constitute up to 30% of the host genome.”
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nyas.12728/full
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022