MIMIVIRE is a defence system in mimivirus that confers resistance to virophage

Anthony Levasseur, Meriem Bekliz, Eric Chabrière, Pierre Pontarotti, Bernard La Scola () and Didier Raoult ()
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Anthony Levasseur: Aix-Marseille Université, Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE)
Meriem Bekliz: Aix-Marseille Université, Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE)
Eric Chabrière: Aix-Marseille Université, Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE)
Pierre Pontarotti: Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille
Bernard La Scola: Aix-Marseille Université, Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE)
Didier Raoult: Aix-Marseille Université, Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE)

Nature, 2016, vol. 531, issue 7593, 249-252

Abstract: MIMIVIRE is a novel nucleic-acid-based immune system against virophage infection in the giant virus mimivirus.

Date: 2016
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