Virophages and retrotransposons colonize the genomes of a heterotrophic flagellate

Virophages can parasitize giant DNA viruses and may provide adaptive anti-giant virus defense in unicellular eukaryotes. Under laboratory conditions, the virophage mavirus integrates into the nuclear genome of the marine flagellate Cafeteria burkhardae and reactivates upon superinfection with the gi...

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Published in:	eLife
Main Authors:	Thomas Hackl, Sarah Duponchel, Karina Barenhoff, Alexa Weinmann, Matthias G Fischer
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021-10-01
Subjects:	Cafeteria burkhardae virophage retrotransposon protist endogenous viral element antiviral defense
Online Access:	https://elifesciences.org/articles/72674