A life LINE for large viruses

Eugene Koonin (1) , Mart Krupovic (2)

1 NCBI - National Center for Biotechnology Information
2 Virologie des archées - Archaeal Virology

As long suspected, poxviruses capture host genes through a reverse-transcription process now shown to be mediated by retrotransposons.

Keywords: LINE-1; evolution; evolutionary biology; horizontal gene transfer; human; infectious disease; microbiology; poxvirus; retrotransposons; vaccinia virus; viruses

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

Eugene Koonin, Mart Krupovic. A life LINE for large viruses. eLife, 2022, 11, pp.e83488. ⟨10.7554/eLife.83488⟩. ⟨pasteur-03834397⟩