Virophages or satellite viruses?

Mart Krupovic (1) , Virginija Cvirkaite-Krupovic (1)

1 BMGE - Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extrêmophiles

It has been argued that the smaller viruses associated with giant DNA viruses are a new biological entity. However, Mart Krupovic and Virginija Cvirkaite-Krupovic argue here that these smaller viruses should be classified with the satellite viruses.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology

Mart Krupovic, Virginija Cvirkaite-Krupovic. Virophages or satellite viruses?. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2011, 9 (11), pp.762-763. ⟨10.1038/nrmicro2676⟩. ⟨pasteur-01977410⟩