First crAss-Like Phage Genome Encoding the Diversity-Generating Retroelement (DGR)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Viral DNA Isolation and Sequencing
2.2. Genome Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Analysis of the crAssphage LMMB Genome
3.2. Identification and Characterization of the DGR in the Genome of crAssphage LMMB
3.3. Comparative Analysis of Putative DGRs in the Genomes of crAss-Like Phages from Genus I of the AlphacrAssvirinae
3.4. Analysis of VRs
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Morozova, V.; Fofanov, M.; Tikunova, N.; Babkin, I.; Morozov, V.V.; Tikunov, A. First crAss-Like Phage Genome Encoding the Diversity-Generating Retroelement (DGR). Viruses 2020, 12, 573. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12050573
Morozova V, Fofanov M, Tikunova N, Babkin I, Morozov VV, Tikunov A. First crAss-Like Phage Genome Encoding the Diversity-Generating Retroelement (DGR). Viruses. 2020; 12(5):573. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12050573
Chicago/Turabian StyleMorozova, Vera, Mikhail Fofanov, Nina Tikunova, Igor Babkin, Vitaliy V. Morozov, and Artem Tikunov. 2020. "First crAss-Like Phage Genome Encoding the Diversity-Generating Retroelement (DGR)" Viruses 12, no. 5: 573. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12050573
APA StyleMorozova, V., Fofanov, M., Tikunova, N., Babkin, I., Morozov, V. V., & Tikunov, A. (2020). First crAss-Like Phage Genome Encoding the Diversity-Generating Retroelement (DGR). Viruses, 12(5), 573. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12050573