Spindle-shaped archaeal viruses evolved from rod-shaped ancestors to package a larger genome.
Wang F, Cvirkaite-Krupovic V, Vos M, Beltran LC, Kreutzberger MAB, Winter JM, Su Z, Liu J, Schouten S, Krupovic M, Egelman EH.
Wang F, et al.
Cell. 2022 Apr 14;185(8):1297-1307.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.02.019. Epub 2022 Mar 23.
Cell. 2022.
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Spindle- or lemon-shaped viruses infect archaea in diverse environments. Due to the highly pleomorphic nature of these virions, which can be found with cylindrical tails emanating from the spindle-shaped body, structural studies of these capsids have been cha …
Spindle- or lemon-shaped viruses infect archaea in diverse environments. Due to the highly pleomorphic nature of these virions, which …