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12798226

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-6-11
pubmed:abstractText
The scarce characterisation of the viral world has hampered our efforts to appreciate the magnitude and diversity of the viral domain. It appears that almost every species can be infected by a number of viruses. As our knowledge of viruses increases, it appears that this myriad of viruses may be organised into a reasonably low number of viral lineages including members infecting hosts belonging to different domains of life. Viruses belonging to a lineage share a common innate "self" that refers to structural and assembly principles of the virion. This hypothesis has a few consequences. All viruses are old, maybe preceding cellular life, and virus origins are polyphyletic, as opposed to the idea of a monophyletic origin of cellular life.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0923-2508
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
154
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
231-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Do viruses form lineages across different domains of life?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biosciences and Institute of Biotechnology, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5), 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. dennis.bamford@helsinki.fi
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't