Multiple layers of chimerism in a single-stranded DNA virus discovered by deep sequencing.

ABSTRACT: Viruses with single-stranded (ss) DNA genomes infect hosts in all three domains of life and include many medically, ecologically, and economically important pathogens. Recently, a new group of ssDNA viruses with chimeric genomes has been discovered through viral metagenomics. These chimeric viruses combine capsid protein genes and replicative protein genes that, respectively, appear to have been inherited from viruses with positive-strand RNA genomes, such as tombusviruses, and ssDNA genomes, such as circoviruses, nanoviruses or geminiviruses. Here, we describe the genome sequence of a new representative of this virus group and reveal an additional layer of chimerism among ssDNA viruses. We show that not only do these viruses encompass genes for capsid proteins and replicative proteins tha

SUBMITTER: Krupovic M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4419787 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature