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MIMIVIRE is a defence system in mimivirus that confers resistance to virophage

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  • Anthony Levasseur

    (Aix-Marseille Université, Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE)
    IHU Méditerranée Infection, Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Faculté de Médecine)

  • Meriem Bekliz

    (Aix-Marseille Université, Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE)
    IHU Méditerranée Infection, Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Faculté de Médecine)

  • Eric Chabrière

    (Aix-Marseille Université, Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE)
    IHU Méditerranée Infection, Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Faculté de Médecine)

  • Pierre Pontarotti

    (Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille)

  • Bernard La Scola

    (Aix-Marseille Université, Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE)
    IHU Méditerranée Infection, Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Faculté de Médecine)

  • Didier Raoult

    (Aix-Marseille Université, Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE)
    IHU Méditerranée Infection, Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Faculté de Médecine)

Abstract

MIMIVIRE is a novel nucleic-acid-based immune system against virophage infection in the giant virus mimivirus.

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  • Anthony Levasseur & Meriem Bekliz & Eric Chabrière & Pierre Pontarotti & Bernard La Scola & Didier Raoult, 2016. "MIMIVIRE is a defence system in mimivirus that confers resistance to virophage," Nature, Nature, vol. 531(7593), pages 249-252, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:531:y:2016:i:7593:d:10.1038_nature17146
    DOI: 10.1038/nature17146
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    1. Patrick Arthofer & Florian Panhölzl & Vincent Delafont & Alban Hay & Siegfried Reipert & Norbert Cyran & Stefanie Wienkoop & Anouk Willemsen & Ines Sifaoui & Iñigo Arberas-Jiménez & Frederik Schulz & , 2024. "A giant virus infecting the amoeboflagellate Naegleria," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-13, December.

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