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Diversity of Surface Fibril Patterns in Mimivirus Isolates

Published:2023-02-28 Issue:2 Volume:97 Page:
ISSN:0022-538X
Container-title:Journal of Virology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Virol

Author:

de Aquino Isabella Luiza Martins¹,Serafim Mateus Sá Magalhães¹,Machado Talita Bastos¹,Azevedo Bruna Luiza¹,Cunha Denilson Eduardo Silva²,Ullmann Leila Sabrina³,Araújo João Pessoa³,Abrahão Jônatas Santos¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Laboratório de Vírus, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

2. Centro de Microscopia da UFMG, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

3. Laboratório de Virologia, Departamento de Microbiologia e Imunologia, Instituto de Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Abstract

Mimivirus fibrils are intriguing structures that have drawn attention since their discovery. Although still under investigation, the function of fibrils may be related to host cell adhesion.

Funder

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Virology,Insect Science,Immunology,Microbiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/jvi.01824-22

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