Metagenomic mining reveals novel viral histones in dsDNA viruses
Yang Liu, Zhuru Hou, Wanshan Hao, Shaoqing Cui, Haibo Wang, Yue Liu
This study identifies over 1,500 viral histones and histone-fold proteins in dsDNA viruses, revealing their structural and functional diversity beyond nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses.
hLife · Feb 20, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology