Ancient Gene Capture and Recent Gene Loss Shape the Evolution of Orthopoxvirus-Host Interaction Genes

ABSTRACT The survival of viruses depends on their ability to resist host defenses and, of all animal virus families, the poxviruses have the most antidefense genes. Orthopoxviruses (ORPV), a genus within the subfamily Chordopoxvirinae, infect diverse mammals and include one of the most devastating h...

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Main Authors: Tatiana G. Senkevich, Natalya Yutin, Yuri I. Wolf, Eugene V. Koonin, Bernard Moss
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/28ae85af1db249a2af3dedcc50e824da
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