Open AccessGIANT VIRUSES: ORIGIN, SPREADING, TAXONOMICAL, STRUCTURAL-MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR-BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Author(s) -
D. K. Lvov,
Т. Е. Сизикова,
В. Н. Лебедев,
С В Борисевич
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
voprosy virusologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.151
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2411-2097
pISSN - 0507-4088
DOI - 10.18821/0507-4088-2018-63-1-5-10
Subject(s) - giant virus , biology , evolutionary biology , genetics , genome , gene
The brief review is devoted to description of the discovery of giant viruses belonging to the families of Mimiviridae and Marseilleviridae, as well as unassigned genera Pithoviruses, Pandoravirus, and Molliviruses. The review presents issues of their origin, evolution, and molecular-biological characteristics.