The Baltimore classification of viruses 50 years later: how does it stand in the light of virus evolution?

EV Koonin, M Krupovic, VI Agol - Microbiology and Molecular …, 2021‏ - journals.asm.org
SUMMARY Fifty years ago, David Baltimore published a brief conceptual paper delineating
the classification of viruses by the routes of genome expression. The six “Baltimore classes” …

Going viral: virus-based biological control agents for plant protection

J Wagemans, D Holtappels, E Vainio… - Annual Review of …, 2022‏ - annualreviews.org
The most economically important biotic stresses in crop production are caused by fungi,
oomycetes, insects, viruses, and bacteria. Often chemical control is still the most commonly …

Reorganizing the family Parvoviridae: a revised taxonomy independent of the canonical approach based on host association

JJ Pénzes, M Söderlund-Venermo, M Canuti… - Archives of …, 2020‏ - Springer
Parvoviridae, a diverse family of small single-stranded DNA viruses was established in
1975. It was divided into two subfamilies, Parvovirinae and Densovirinae, in 1993 to …

Immune responses to retinal gene therapy using adeno-associated viral vectors–implications for treatment success and safety

K Bucher, E Rodríguez-Bocanegra… - Progress in retinal and …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) is the leading vector for gene therapy in the
retina. As non-pathogenic, non-integrating, replication deficient vector, the recombinant virus …

Adeno-associated virus capsid assembly is divergent and stochastic

TP Wörner, A Bennett, S Habka, J Snijder… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) are increasingly used as gene therapy vectors. AAVs
package their genome in a non-enveloped T= 1 icosahedral capsid of~ 3.8 megaDalton …

Twenty-five years of structural parvovirology

M Mietzsch, JJ Pénzes, M Agbandje-McKenna - Viruses, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
Parvoviruses, infecting vertebrates and invertebrates, are a family of single-stranded DNA
viruses with small, non-enveloped capsids with T= 1 icosahedral symmetry. A quarter of a …

Diseases of the giant river prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii: A review for a growing industry

C Hooper, PP Debnath, GD Stentiford… - Reviews in …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The giant river prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, is a major focus of aquaculture in tropical
and sub‐tropical regions around the globe. Over the last 30 years, culture of M. rosenbergii …

Mycoviruses as a part of the global virome: Diversity, evolutionary links and lifestyle

MA Ayllón, EJ Vainio - Advances in virus research, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of mycovirus diversity, evolution, horizontal gene transfer and shared
ancestry with viruses infecting distantly related hosts, such as plants and arthropods, has …

Adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for retinal diseases: where are we?

D Ail, H Malki, EA Zin, D Dalkara - The Application of Clinical …, 2023‏ - Taylor & Francis
Owing to their small size and safety profiles, adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) have become
the vector of choice for gene therapy applications in the retina. In addition to the naturally …

The healthy human virome: from virus–host symbiosis to disease

EV Koonin, VV Dolja, M Krupovic - Current opinion in virology, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Viruses are ubiquitous, essential components of any ecosystem, and of multicellular
organism holobionts. Numerous viruses cause acute infection, killing the host or being …