RNA genome expansion up to 64 kb in nidoviruses is host constrained and associated with new modes of replicase expression
Benjamin W. Neuman, Alexandria Smart, Orian Gilmer, Redmond P. Smyth, Josef Vaas, Nicolai Böker, Dmitry V. Samborskiy, Ralf F. W. Bartenschlager, Stefan Seitz, Alexander E. Gorbalenya, N. E. Caliskan, Chris Lauber
The paper expands the known range of nidovirus genomes up to 64 kb and identifies host constraints and new replicase expression modes in giant invertebrate nidoviruses.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Feb 10, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology