Diversity and evolution of the animal virome

E Harvey, EC Holmes - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has given the study of virus evolution and ecology new relevance.
Although viruses were first identified more than a century ago, we likely know less about …

Four principles to establish a universal virus taxonomy

P Simmonds, EM Adriaenssens, FM Zerbini… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
A universal taxonomy of viruses is essential for a comprehensive view of the virus world and
for communicating the complicated evolutionary relationships among viruses. However …

RNA viromes from terrestrial sites across China expand environmental viral diversity

YM Chen, S Sadiq, JH Tian, X Chen, XD Lin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Environmental RNA viruses are ubiquitous and diverse, and probably have important
ecological and biogeochemical impacts. Understanding the global diversity of RNA viruses …

Using metagenomics to characterize an expanding virosphere

YZ Zhang, M Shi, EC Holmes - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
We know less about viruses than any other lifeform. Fortunately, metagenomics has led to a
massive expansion in the known diversity of the virosphere. Here, we discuss how …

Global organization and proposed megataxonomy of the virus world

EV Koonin, VV Dolja, M Krupovic… - Microbiology and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Viruses and mobile genetic elements are molecular parasites or symbionts that coevolve
with nearly all forms of cellular life. The route of virus replication and protein expression is …

The evolution and clinical impact of hepatitis B virus genome diversity

PA Revill, T Tu, HJ Netter, LKW Yuen… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The global burden of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is enormous, with 257 million persons
chronically infected, resulting in more than 880,000 deaths per year worldwide. HBV exists …

Common features of enveloped viruses and implications for immunogen design for next-generation vaccines

FA Rey, SM Lok - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Enveloped viruses enter cells by inducing fusion of viral and cellular membranes, a process
catalyzed by a specialized membrane-fusion protein expressed on their surface. This review …

The global hepatitis B virus genotype distribution approximated from available genoty** data

S Velkov, JJ Ott, U Protzer, T Michler - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is divided into nine genotypes, A to I. Currently, it remains unclear
how the individual genotypes contribute to the estimated 250 million chronic HBV infections …

Transcriptome mining expands knowledge of RNA viruses across the plant kingdom

JCO Mifsud, RV Gallagher, EC Holmes… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Our current understanding of plant viruses stems largely from those affecting economically
important plants. Yet plant species in cultivation represent a small and biased subset of the …

Mechanism of hepatitis B virus cccDNA formation

L Wei, A Ploss - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) remains a major medical problem affecting at least 257 million
chronically infected patients who are at risk of develo** serious, frequently fatal liver …