Virology: A parasite's parasite saves host's neighbours

Eugene V. Koonin (1) , Mart Krupovic (2)

1 NCBI - National Center for Biotechnology Information
2 BMGE - Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extrêmophiles

Viruses can be attacked by parasitic viruses, which compete with them for cellular resources. It emerges that one such parasitic virus can defend a host-cell population from a viral attack [...]

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Virology

Eugene V. Koonin, Mart Krupovic. Virology: A parasite's parasite saves host's neighbours. Nature, 2016, 540 (7632), pp.204-205. ⟨10.1038/540204a⟩. ⟨pasteur-01977368⟩