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Viruses have evolved various mechanisms to evade host immunity and ensure efficient viral replication and persistence. Several DNA tumor viruses modulate host DNA methyltransferases for epigenetic dysregulation of immune-related gene expression in host cells....

The increasing frequency of monkeypox virus infections, new outbreaks of other zoonotic orthopoxviruses and concern about the re-emergence of smallpox have prompted research into developing antiviral drugs and better vaccines against these viruses. This...

We report an update for the MAFFT multiple sequence alignment program to enable parallel calculation of large numbers of sequences. The G-large-INS-1 option of MAFFT is applicable to 50,000 or more sequences.See it on...

In this Review, we focus on rabies virus infections in the wildlife and synthesize current knowledge in the rapidly advancing fields of rabies virus epidemiology and evolution, and advocate for multidisciplinary approaches to advance...

Poirier et al. show that during RNA virus infection of insects, circular viral DNA is produced, regulated by Dicer-2 helicase domain. The main template for viral DNA is defective viral genomes, which appear to be...

Newfound group boasts some of the longest individual viruses ever described.See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses, Immunology & Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca Giant fuzzy virus found in soda lake : Research Highlights Source: Viral Bioinformatics

AbstractMotivation. The increasing rate of submission of genetic sequences into public databases is providing a growing resource for classifying the organisms See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses, Immunology & Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca ViCTree: An...

AbstractSummary. Statistical phylogenetic inference plays an important role in evolutionary biology. The accuracy of phylogenetic methods relies on having suitSee it on Scoop.it, via Viruses, Immunology & Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca PhyloMAd: Efficient assessment of...

Led Zeppelin is joining a lucrative multi-million bandwagon of other acts variously marking their golden anniversaries with box sets, rarities, exhibitions and other events. See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News Led Zeppelin Adds...

This new facility would house some of the most dangerous microbes in the world and replace the current facility, which opened in 2005 and was supposed to last longer. Here’s what the different biosafety...