Viruses are known to be abundant, ubiquitous, and to play a very important role in the health and evolution of life organisms. However, most biologists have considered them as entities separate from the realm of life and acting merely as mechanical artifacts that can exchange genes between different organisms. This article reviews some definitions of life organisms to determine if viruses adjust to them, and additionally, considers new discoveries to challenge the present definition of viruses. Definitions of life organisms have been revised in order to validate how viruses fit into them. Viral factories are discussed since these mini-organelles are a good example of the complexity of viral infection, not as a mechanical usurpation of cell ...
The Author(s) 2012. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract Viruses ...
There has been considerable interest in computer viruses since they first appeared in 1981, and espe...
Viruses are the most abundant life forms and the repertoire of viral genes is greater than that of c...
Viruses are known to be abundant, ubiquitous, and to play a very important role in the health and ev...
International audienceThree major discoveries have recently profoundly modified our perception of th...
International audienceAre viruses alive? Until very recently, answering this question was often nega...
International audienceIn contrast with former definitions of life limited to membrane-bound cellular...
International audienceViruses have been considered for a long time as by-products of biological evol...
Viruses are omnipresent, genetically replicating parasites in our biosphere that affect and drive th...
A Caltech biologist reviews the structure, assembly, and replication of viruses -- and the nature of...
Viruses are the most abundant biological entities on Earth, and yet, they have not received enough c...
The discovery of exoplanets within putative habitable zones revolutionized astrobiology in recent ye...
There has been considerable interest in computer viruses since they first appeared in 1981, and espe...
International audienceThe curiosity-driven discovery of giant DNA viruses infecting amoebas has trig...
Summary: Recent advances in information about viruses have revealed novel and surprising properties ...
The Author(s) 2012. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract Viruses ...
There has been considerable interest in computer viruses since they first appeared in 1981, and espe...
Viruses are the most abundant life forms and the repertoire of viral genes is greater than that of c...
Viruses are known to be abundant, ubiquitous, and to play a very important role in the health and ev...
International audienceThree major discoveries have recently profoundly modified our perception of th...
International audienceAre viruses alive? Until very recently, answering this question was often nega...
International audienceIn contrast with former definitions of life limited to membrane-bound cellular...
International audienceViruses have been considered for a long time as by-products of biological evol...
Viruses are omnipresent, genetically replicating parasites in our biosphere that affect and drive th...
A Caltech biologist reviews the structure, assembly, and replication of viruses -- and the nature of...
Viruses are the most abundant biological entities on Earth, and yet, they have not received enough c...
The discovery of exoplanets within putative habitable zones revolutionized astrobiology in recent ye...
There has been considerable interest in computer viruses since they first appeared in 1981, and espe...
International audienceThe curiosity-driven discovery of giant DNA viruses infecting amoebas has trig...
Summary: Recent advances in information about viruses have revealed novel and surprising properties ...
The Author(s) 2012. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract Viruses ...
There has been considerable interest in computer viruses since they first appeared in 1981, and espe...
Viruses are the most abundant life forms and the repertoire of viral genes is greater than that of c...