Investigating the Concept and Origin of Viruses

Bacterial Origin and Reductive Evolution of the CPR Group

(2020) Rijja Hussain Bokhari et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Giant virus diversity and host interactions through global metagenomics

(2020) Frederik Schulz et al.   NATURE

Vesiduction: the fourth way of HGT

(2020) Nicolas Soler et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2

(2020) Kristian G. Andersen et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Phylogenetic tree building in the genomic age

(2020) Paschalia Kapli et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Hadaka Virus 1: a Capsidless Eleven-Segmented Positive-Sense Single-Stranded RNA Virus from a Phytopathogenic Fungus, Fusarium oxysporum

(2020) Yukiyo Sato et al.   mBio

Dynamic genome evolution and complex virocell metabolism of globally-distributed giant viruses

(2020) Mohammad Moniruzzaman et al.   Nature Communications

Yaravirus: A novel 80-nm virus infectingAcanthamoeba castellanii

(2020) Paulo V. M. Boratto et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolution of a major virion protein of the giant pandoraviruses from an inactivated bacterial glycoside hydrolase

(2020) Mart Krupovic et al.   Virus Evolution

Origin of viruses: primordial replicators recruiting capsids from hosts

(2019) Mart Krupovic et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Can Sequence Phylogenies Safely Infer the Origin of the Global Virome?

(2019) Edward C. Holmes et al.   mBio

The SCOP database in 2020: expanded classification of representative family and superfamily domains of known protein structures

(2019) Antonina Andreeva et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Phylogenomics provides robust support for a two-domains tree of life

(2019) Tom A. Williams et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Archaea-First and the Co-Evolutionary Diversification of Domains of Life

(2018) James T. Staley et al.   BIOESSAYS

The Puzzle of HIV Neutral and Selective Evolution

(2018) Thomas Leitner   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Diversity and evolution of the emerging Pandoraviridae family

(2018) Matthieu Legendre et al.   Nature Communications

Asgard archaea do not close the debate about the universal tree of life topology

(2018) Violette Da Cunha et al.   PLoS Genetics

RCSB Protein Data Bank: biological macromolecular structures enabling research and education in fundamental biology, biomedicine, biotechnology and energy

(2018) Stephen K Burley et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Asgard archaea illuminate the origin of eukaryotic cellular complexity

(2017) Katarzyna Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka et al.   NATURE

Multiple origins of viral capsid proteins from cellular ancestors

(2017) Mart Krupovic et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Assembly of a nucleus-like structure during viral replication in bacteria

(2017) Vorrapon Chaikeeratisak et al.   SCIENCE

Lokiarchaea are close relatives of Euryarchaeota, not bridging the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes

(2017) Violette Da Cunha et al.   PLoS Genetics

Identification of Capsid/Coat Related Protein Folds and Their Utility for Virus Classification

(2017) Arshan Nasir et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Giant viruses and the origin of modern eukaryotes

(2016) Patrick Forterre et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Arguments Reinforcing the Three-Domain View of Diversified Cellular Life

(2016) Arshan Nasir et al.   ARCHAEA-AN INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGICAL JOURNAL

Untangling the origin of viruses and their impact on cellular evolution

(2015) Arshan Nasir et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Move Over, Bacteria! Viruses Make Their Mark as Mutualistic Microbial Symbionts

(2015) Marilyn J. Roossinck   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Evolution of viruses and cells: do we need a fourth domain of life to explain the origin of eukaryotes?

(2015) David Moreira et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

In-depth study ofMollivirus sibericum, a new 30,000-y-old giant virus infectingAcanthamoeba

(2015) Matthieu Legendre et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Diverse uncultivated ultra-small bacterial cells in groundwater

(2015) Birgit Luef et al.   Nature Communications

A phylogenomic data-driven exploration of viral origins and evolution

(2015) A. Nasir et al.   Science Advances

Global Patterns of Protein Domain Gain and Loss in Superkingdoms

(2014) Arshan Nasir et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Pandoraviruses: Amoeba Viruses with Genomes Up to 2.5 Mb Reaching That of Parasitic Eukaryotes

(2013) N. Philippe et al.   SCIENCE

Structure Unifies the Viral Universe

(2012) Nicola G.A. Abrescia et al.   Annual Review of Biochemistry

Giant viruses coexisted with the cellular ancestors and represent a distinct supergroup along with superkingdoms Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya

(2012) Arshan Nasir et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Endogenous viruses: insights into viral evolution and impact on host biology

(2012) Cédric Feschotte et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Polydnaviruses of Parasitic Wasps: Domestication of Viruses To Act as Gene Delivery Vectors

(2012) Gaelen R. Burke et al.   Insects

Complete Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Tremblaya princeps" Strain PCVAL, an Intriguing Translational Machine below the Living-Cell Status

(2011) S. Lopez-Madrigal et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Dynamics and Evolutionary Potential of Domain Loss and Emergence

(2011) A. D. Moore et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Extreme genome reduction in symbiotic bacteria

(2011) John P. McCutcheon et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The good viruses: viral mutualistic symbioses

(2011) Marilyn J. Roossinck   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Manipulation of cellular syntheses and the nature of viruses: The virocell concept

(2010) Patrick Forterre   COMPTES RENDUS CHIMIE

Viral Mutation Rates

(2010) R. Sanjuan et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Defining Life: The Virus Viewpoint

(2010) Patrick Forterre   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

Mimivirus: the emerging paradox of quasi-autonomous viruses

(2010) Jean-Michel Claverie et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Mimivirus and its Virophage

(2009) Jean-Michel Claverie et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

The origin, evolution and structure of the protein world

(2009) Gustavo Caetano-Anollés et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Structure is three to ten times more conserved than sequence-A study of structural response in protein cores

(2009) Kristoffer Illergård et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS

Logical puzzles and scientific controversies: The nature of species, viruses and living organisms

(2009) Marc H.V. Van Regenmortel   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

The virophage as a unique parasite of the giant mimivirus

(2008) Bernard La Scola et al.   NATURE

Structural basis of enzyme encapsulation into a bacterial nanocompartment

(2008) Markus Sutter et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY