Virology: Independent virus development outside a host
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Virology: Independent virus development outside a host. / Häring, M.; Vestergaard, Gisle Alberg; Rachel, R.; Chen, Lanming; Garrett, Roger A.; Prangishvili, D.
I: Nature, Bind 436, Nr. 7054, 2005, s. 1101-1102.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Virology: Independent virus development outside a host
AU - Häring, M.
AU - Vestergaard, Gisle Alberg
AU - Rachel, R.
AU - Chen, Lanming
AU - Garrett, Roger A.
AU - Prangishvili, D.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Viruses are thought to be functionally inactive once they are outside and independent of their host cell1. Here we describe an exceptional property of a newly discovered virus that infects a hyperthermophilic archaeon growing in acidic hot springs: the lemon-shaped viral particle develops a very long tail at each of its pointed ends after being released from its host cell. The process occurs only at the temperature of the host's habitat (75-90 °C) and it does not require the presence of the host cell, an exogenous energy source or any cofactors. This host-independent morphological development may be a strategy for viral survival in an environment that is unusually harsh and has limited host availability.
AB - Viruses are thought to be functionally inactive once they are outside and independent of their host cell1. Here we describe an exceptional property of a newly discovered virus that infects a hyperthermophilic archaeon growing in acidic hot springs: the lemon-shaped viral particle develops a very long tail at each of its pointed ends after being released from its host cell. The process occurs only at the temperature of the host's habitat (75-90 °C) and it does not require the presence of the host cell, an exogenous energy source or any cofactors. This host-independent morphological development may be a strategy for viral survival in an environment that is unusually harsh and has limited host availability.
U2 - 10.1038/4361101a
DO - 10.1038/4361101a
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 16121167
VL - 436
SP - 1101
EP - 1102
JO - Nature
JF - Nature
SN - 0028-0836
IS - 7054
ER -
ID: 1093331