| For propagation viruses depend on specialized host cells supplying the complex metabolic and biosynthetic machinery of eukaryotic or prokaryotic cells | Furthermore, most cell lines have chromosomal abnormality |
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| The retrovirus genome comprises two identical, plus-sense ssRNA molecules, each monomer 7—11 kb in size, that are noncovalently linked over a short terminal region | Circular single-stranded DNA of only 1 |
See also: Viruses infecting bacteria Bacterial viruses are also known as bacteriophages or phages.
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| Development of a sensitive diagnostic assay for fish nervous necrosis virus based on RT-PCR plus nested PCR | Self assembly of virus capsids follows two basic patterns: helical symmetry, in which the protein subunits and the nucleic acid are arranged in a helix, and icosahedral symmetry, in which the protein subunits assemble into a symmetric shell that covers the nucleic acid-containing core |
| It should be noted that plant viruses are sometimes placed into groups, rather than families | In the early days of virology, viruses were named according to common pathogenic properties, e |
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| Detection and phylogeny of Lymphocystivirus in sea bream Sparus aurata based on the DNA polymerase gene and major capsid protein sequences | Phylogenetic analyses and molecular epidemiology of European salmonid alphaviruses SAV based on partial E2 and nsP3 gene nucleotide sequences |
In this text, Latinized endings for families and subfamilies usually are not used.
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