Viral Ancestors of Antiviral Systems

Viral Ancestors of Antiviral Systems

All life must survive their corresponding viruses. Thus antiviral systems are essential in all living organisms. Remnants of virus derived information are also found in all life forms but have historically been considered mostly as junk DNA. However, such virus derived information can strongly affec...

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Main Author: Luis P. Villarreal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-10-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
virus evolution
prophage
evolution of immunity
restriction modification
addiction modules
toxin antitoxin
apoptosis
CRISPR
RNAi
interferon
adaptive immunity
T-cell receptor
MHC
ERV
HERV
LTR
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/3/10/1933/

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