Giant virus encodes key piece of protein-making machinery of cellular life
"Viruses are integral to the functioning of ocean ecosystems, influencing biological productivity, shifting community interactions, and driving evolutionary change,"
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Giant virus encodes key piece of protein-making machinery of cellular life
Researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa have discovered that a virus, FloV-SA2, encodes one of the proteins needed to make ribosomes, the central engines in all cells that translate genetic information into proteins, the building blocks of …Marcie Grabowski (Phys.org)