Prasinovirus attack of Ostreococcus is furtive by day but savage by night
E. Derelle, S. Yau, H. Moreau, N. H. Grimsley
The paper analyzes the life-cycle of a prasinovirus in Ostreococcus tauri using RNA-Seq over a day/night cycle, revealing that viral transcription increases at night while host nitrogen metabolism is repressed.
bioRxiv · Sep 25, 2017Microbiology