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#GiantViruses encode many strange genes in their genomes - partial TCA cycles, actins and myosins, nutrient transporters, etc

What are they doing with all of these crazy genes?

We discuss this in a recent article - big thanks to all of the collaborators who were willing to help write an extensive review!

Virologs, viral mimicry, and #virocell metabolism: the expanding scale of cellular functions encoded in the complex genomes of giant #viruses

https://academic.oup.com/femsre/article/47/5/fuad053/7280998?login=false

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#viruses #virology #giantviruses #virocell

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Barry Goldman
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do their host cells end up expressing any of these genes? do they make the cell do a little energy boost to make more viruses than it would if it were focusing on its own maintenance?

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