Giant DNA viruses encode their own eukaryote-like translation machinery, researchers discover

In a new study, published in Cell, researchers describe a newfound mechanism for creating proteins in a giant DNA virus, comparable to a mechanism in eukaryotic cells. The finding challenges the dogma ...
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Giant DNA Viruses Have a Feature Like One in Complex Cells

Genetics tools have advanced significantly in recent decades, and have allowed scientist to sequence all of the genetic ...
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HCV NS3/4A protease relocalizes CCTα to viral replication sites, enhancing phosphatidylcholine synthesis and viral replication

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...
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Giant viruses blur the boundary between the living and nonliving

For much of modern biology, scientists argued that viruses are not alive, pointing to a basic limitation: they cannot make ...