Archaeal Viruses
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2024) | Viewed by 8981
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since their discovery approximately 50 years ago, we have learned a great deal by studying archaeal viruses. However, much has yet to be learned about these mysterious viruses that infect life’s most enigmatic domain. Compared to the viruses infecting Bacteria and Eukarya, we know little about the viruses infecting Archaea. Very few archaeal viruses have been characterized in molecular, biochemical or structural detail. Studies on viruses infecting Bacteria and Eukarya have led to insights in cellular mechanisms, virus-host interactions, and virus evolution. There is no doubt the same will be true for studying viruses infecting Archaea.
With this special issue of IJMS we hope to increase the current knowledge of archaeal viruses. Archaeal viruses are some of the most unusual viruses we know of, both morphologically and genetically. eukaryotic domains of life. With the discovery of archaeal viruses and the creation of genetic systems for these viruses, we have increased our knowledge of archaeal virus replication, gene expression, protein structure, virus-host interactions, and virus-induced cell lysis. By continuing to study these viruses, we will learn more about virus-host interactions, virus evolution, and much more. We hope this special issue contributes to the overall knowledge of these unique viruses and inspires more research into these fascinating molecular parasites.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Archaeal virus-host interactions
- Molecular biology of archaeal virus replication
- Archaeal virus evolution
- Discovery of new archaeal viruses
- Structure of archaeal virus or archaeal virus proteins
- Host defense mechanisms against virus infection
Dr. Jamie Snyder
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- archaea
- archaeal virus
- archaeal virus–host interactions
- virus evolution
- archaeal virus discovery
- archaeal virus structure
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