Origin and evolution of the plant immune system

GZ Han - New Phytologist, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Contents Summary 70 I. Introduction 70 II. Ancient associations between plants and
microbes 72 III. Evolutionary dynamics of plant–pathogen interactions 74 IV. Evolutionary …

Virologs, viral mimicry, and virocell metabolism: the expanding scale of cellular functions encoded in the complex genomes of giant viruses

M Moniruzzaman, MP Erazo Garcia… - FEMS microbiology …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
The phylum Nucleocytoviricota includes the largest and most complex viruses known. These
“giant viruses” have a long evolutionary history that dates back to the early diversification of …

Large-scale invasion of unicellular eukaryotic genomes by integrating DNA viruses

C Bellas, T Hackl, MS Plakolb, A Koslová… - Proceedings of the …, 2023‏ - pnas.org
Eukaryotic genomes contain a variety of endogenous viral elements (EVEs), which are
mostly derived from RNA and ssDNA viruses that are no longer functional and are …

Widespread endogenization of giant viruses shapes genomes of green algae

M Moniruzzaman, AR Weinheimer… - Nature, 2020‏ - nature.com
Endogenous viral elements (EVEs)—viruses that have integrated their genomes into those
of their hosts—are prevalent in eukaryotes and have an important role in genome evolution …

Medusavirus, a novel large DNA virus discovered from hot spring water

G Yoshikawa, R Blanc-Mathieu, C Song… - Journal of …, 2019‏ - journals.asm.org
Recent discoveries of new large DNA viruses reveal high diversity in their morphologies,
genetic repertoires, and replication strategies. Here, we report the novel features of …

Old cogs, new tricks: the evolution of gene expression in a chromatin context

PB Talbert, MP Meers, S Henikoff - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2019‏ - nature.com
Sophisticated gene-regulatory mechanisms probably evolved in prokaryotes billions of
years before the emergence of modern eukaryotes, which inherited the same basic …

Viruses as vectors of horizontal transfer of genetic material in eukaryotes

C Gilbert, R Cordaux - Current opinion in virology, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Horizontal transfer of genetic material (especially transposable elements)
between eukaryotes is more frequent than previously thought.•Host-to-virus horizontal …

Genomic perspectives on the birth and spread of plastids

JM Archibald - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015‏ - pnas.org
The endosymbiotic origin of plastids from cyanobacteria was a landmark event in the history
of eukaryotic life. Subsequent to the evolution of primary plastids, photosynthesis spread …

DNA methylation enables recurrent endogenization of giant viruses in an animal relative

LA Sarre, IV Kim, V Ovchinnikov, M Olivetta, H Suga… - Science …, 2024‏ - science.org
5-Methylcytosine (5mC) is a widespread silencing mechanism that controls genomic
parasites. In eukaryotes, 5mC has gained complex roles in gene regulation beyond parasite …

[HTML][HTML] The protist Aurantiochytrium has universal subtelomeric rDNAs and is a host for mirusviruses

JL Collier, JS Rest, L Gallot-Lavallée, E Lavington… - Current Biology, 2023‏ - cell.com
Viruses are the most abundant biological entities in the world's oceans, where they play
important ecological and biogeochemical roles. Metagenomics is revealing new groups of …