Medusavirus
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medusavirus-187-13904534
title:
Medusavirus
text:
Medusavirus is a nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus first isolated from a Japanese hot spring in 2019. It notably encodes all five types of histones — H1, H2A, H2B, H3, and H4 — which are involved in DNA packaging in eukaryotes, raising the possibility that they may have been involved in the origin of eukaryotes. The virus can harden amoebas of the species Acanthamoeba castellanii into stone-like cysts, but infection usually causes infected amoebas to burst open. The virus was named after Medusa,
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Type of virus
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medusavirus
date created:
2019-03-27T16:56:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T17:06:05Z
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fields total:
13
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