Giant viruses as you’ve never seen them before!

In this special issue of Virology, we highlight some of the stories that were presented during the 1st International Symposium on Giant Virus Biology.

The 25 presentations covered a wide range of topics, from biochemistry to genomics, from virus structure and assembly to ecological and evolutionary questions.

Here are just a few of the articles from the special issue:

Editorial introduction to “Giant Viruses” special issue of VirologyInfection cycles of large DNA viruses: Emerging themes and underlying questionsRevisiting the genome packaging in viruses with lessons from the “Giants”The expanding family MarseilleviridaeOrigin of giant viruses from smaller DNA viruses not from a fourth domain of cellular life

We are delighted to make these articles and all papers from the Virology Special Issue on Giant Virusesfreely available online.

Source: www.journals.elsevier.com

Excellent! And some day – soon, Flavia! – we will be contributing our own bricks to the emerging structure of Girology B-)

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