Recombination between RNA viruses and plasmids might have played a central role in the origin and evolution of small DNA viruses

The finding that viruses with RNA and DNA genomes can recombine to produce chimeric entities provides valuable insights into the origin and evolution of viruses. It also substantiates the hypothesis that certain groups of DNA viruses could have emerged from plasmids via acquisition of capsid protein...

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Published in	BioEssays Vol. 34; no. 10; pp. 867 - 870
Main Author	Krupovic, Mart
Format	Journal Article
Language	English
Published	Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 01.10.2012 WILEY‐VCH Verlag Wiley Subscription Services, Inc Wiley-VCH Verlag
Subjects	Biochemistry, Molecular Biology DNA Viruses DNA Viruses - genetics Evolution, Molecular Genome, Viral Genomics Life Sciences Microbiology and Parasitology Models, Genetic Plasmids Plasmids - genetics Recombination, Genetic RNA Viruses RNA Viruses - genetics Virology
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ISSN	0265-9247 1521-1878 1521-1878
DOI	10.1002/bies.201200083

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Summary:	The finding that viruses with RNA and DNA genomes can recombine to produce chimeric entities provides valuable insights into the origin and evolution of viruses. It also substantiates the hypothesis that certain groups of DNA viruses could have emerged from plasmids via acquisition of capsid protein‐coding genes from RNA viruses.
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ISSN:	0265-9247 1521-1878 1521-1878
DOI:	10.1002/bies.201200083