MIMIVIRUSES. “The issue of life without cellular structure came again to the fore with the 2003 discovery that the large and complex Mimivirus can synthesize proteins. This discovery suggests the possibility that some viruses may have evolved from earlier forms that could produce proteins independent of a host cell.” Very confounding.
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022