Open AccessInside the Lifestyle of the Virophage
Author(s) -
Christelle Desnues,
Didier Raoult
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
intervirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.641
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1423-0100
pISSN - 0300-5526
DOI - 10.1159/000312914
Subject(s) - cell cycle , viral replication , biology , replication (statistics) , virology , viral life cycle , virus , microbiology and biotechnology , cell , genetics
We sought to better characterize Sputnik, the first isolated virophage, and to analyze its parasitic lifestyle during co-infection with Marseillevirus (a new giant virus) in Acanthamoeba castellanii.