Giant virus encodes key piece of protein-making machinery of cellular life
Researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa have discovered that a virus, FloV-SA2, encodes one of the proteins needed ...
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Hunting down giant viruses that attack tiny algae
Weizmann Institute researchers have developed a new way to track the culprit – giant viruses – and identify their traces in specific types of tiny algae that they attack.
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Giant virus encodes key piece of protein-making machinery of cellular life
Preferential production of virus proteins? Previous discoveries have shown that, like FloV-SA2, other so-called 'giant' viruses code for proteins involved in a wide range of metabolic processes.
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Genomic and structural insights into Jyvaskylavirus, the first giant virus isolated from Finland
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Microbiology, Belo Horizonte, Brazil ...
Giant 29-stone silverback gorilla goes to the dentist after horrifying discovery in its mouth
Binga, a muscle-bound silverback, was feeling down in the mouth so was taken to the dentist. It took six experts to keep the ...
The EPA promotes a toxic fertilizer whose risks it knew about decades ago
The agency obtained research from 3M in 2003 revealing that sewage sludge, the raw material for the fertilizer, carried toxic ...