The analysis of translation-related gene set boosts debates around origin and evolution of mimiviruses

Updating strategies for isolating and discovering giant viruses

(2016) Jacques Yaacoub Bou Khalil et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Unifying view of stem–loop hairpin RNA as origin of current and ancient parasitic and non-parasitic RNAs, including in giant viruses

(2016) Hervé Seligmann et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

tRNA – the golden standard in molecular biology

(2016) Mirosława Z. Barciszewska et al.   Molecular BioSystems

Evolution of double-stranded DNA viruses of eukaryotes: from bacteriophages to transposons to giant viruses

(2015) Eugene V. Koonin et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

MD Simulations of tRNA and Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases: Dynamics, Folding, Binding, and Allostery

(2015) Rongzhong Li et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Faustovirus, an Asfarvirus-Related New Lineage of Giant Viruses Infecting Amoebae

(2015) Dorine Gaëlle Reteno et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

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

Pan-Genome Analysis of Brazilian Lineage A Amoebal Mimiviruses

(2015) Felipe Assis et al.   Viruses-Basel

Modulation of the expression of mimivirus-encoded translation-related genes in response to nutrient availability during Acanthamoeba castellanii infection

(2015) Lorena C. F. Silva et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Niemeyer Virus: A New Mimivirus Group A Isolate Harboring a Set of Duplicated Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Genes

(2015) Paulo V. M. Boratto et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

A phylogenomic data-driven exploration of viral origins and evolution

(2015) A. Nasir et al.   Science Advances

Draft genome sequences of Terra1 and Terra2 viruses, new members of the family Mimiviridae isolated from soil

(2014) Niyaz Yoosuf et al.   VIROLOGY

Origin of giant viruses from smaller DNA viruses not from a fourth domain of cellular life

(2014) Natalya Yutin et al.   VIROLOGY

Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus and other giant viruses: an open field to outstanding discoveries

(2014) Jônatas S Abrahão et al.   Virology Journal

Samba virus: a novel mimivirus from a giant rain forest, the Brazilian Amazon

(2014) Rafael K Campos et al.   Virology Journal

First Isolation of Mimivirus in a Patient With Pneumonia

(2013) Hanene Saadi et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Characterization of a UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic pathway encoded by the giant DNA virus Mimivirus

(2013) Francesco Piacente et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

TRUC or the Need for a New Microbial Classification

(2013) Didier Raoult   INTERVIROLOGY

Codon Usage, Amino Acid Usage, Transfer RNA and Amino-Acyl-tRNA Synthetases in Mimiviruses

(2013) Philippe Colson et al.   INTERVIROLOGY

Genome of Phaeocystis globosa virus PgV-16T highlights the common ancestry of the largest known DNA viruses infecting eukaryotes

(2013) S. Santini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2013) N. Philippe et al.   SCIENCE

Mimiviridae: clusters of orthologous genes, reconstruction of gene repertoire evolution and proposed expansion of the giant virus family

(2013) Natalya Yutin et al.   Virology Journal

Complete genome sequence of Courdo11 virus, a member of the family Mimiviridae

(2013) Niyaz Yoosuf et al.   VIRUS GENES

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

Related Giant Viruses in Distant Locations and Different Habitats: Acanthamoeba polyphaga moumouvirus Represents a Third Lineage of the Mimiviridae That Is Close to the Megavirus Lineage

(2012) Niyaz Yoosuf et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Reclassification of Giant Viruses Composing a Fourth Domain of Life in the New Order Megavirales

(2012) Philippe Colson et al.   INTERVIROLOGY

Translation in Giant Viruses: A Unique Mixture of Bacterial and Eukaryotic Termination Schemes

(2012) Sandra Jeudy et al.   PLoS Genetics

Viruses with More Than 1,000 Genes: Mamavirus, a New Acanthamoeba polyphagamimivirus Strain, and Reannotation of Mimivirus Genes

(2011) Philippe Colson et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Giant DNA Virus Mimivirus Encodes Pathway for Biosynthesis of Unusual Sugar 4-Amino-4,6-dideoxy-d-glucose (Viosamine)

(2011) Francesco Piacente et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Molecular Evolution of Aminoacyl tRNA Synthetase Proteins in the Early History of Life

(2011) Gregory P. Fournier et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

Mimivirus shows dramatic genome reduction after intraamoebal culture

(2011) M. Boyer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Virophage control of antarctic algal host-virus dynamics

(2011) S. Yau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Distant Mimivirus relative with a larger genome highlights the fundamental features of Megaviridae

(2011) D. Arslan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Breaking the 1000-gene barrier for Mimivirus using ultra-deep genome and transcriptome sequencing

(2011) Matthieu Legendre et al.   Virology Journal

mRNA deep sequencing reveals 75 new genes and a complex transcriptional landscape in Mimivirus

(2010) M. Legendre et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

The post-Darwinist rhizome of life

(2010) Didier Raoult   LANCET

Phylogenetic and Phyletic Studies of Informational Genes in Genomes Highlight Existence of a 4th Domain of Life Including Giant Viruses

(2010) Mickaël Boyer et al.   PLoS One

Giant virus with a remarkable complement of genes infects marine zooplankton

(2010) M. G. Fischer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mimivirus: the emerging paradox of quasi-autonomous viruses

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

There is no such thing as a tree of life (and of course viruses are out!)

(2009) Didier Raoult   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Giant Marseillevirus highlights the role of amoebae as a melting pot in emergence of chimeric microorganisms

(2009) M. Boyer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Giant viruses, giant chimeras: The multiple evolutionary histories of Mimivirus genes

(2008) David Moreira et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Structural studies of elongation and release factors

(2008) C. G. Noble et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES