OVERLAP WITH RIBOSOMAL RNA DOMAINS. “Unlike other viruses, the giant viruses encode several proteins that are universal among cellular life forms, in particular translation system components, such as aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and translation factors. The presence of these universal genes allows one to formally include the giant viruses in the “tree of life” that constitutes the basis of the three-domain system.”
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nyas.12728/full
linkedin post 2022-06-29 05:12:48
Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022