Replication Strategies of Giant Viruses Within Host Cells (IMAGE)

Tokyo University of Science

Replication Strategies of Giant Viruses Within Host Cells

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Medusavirus replicates inside the intact nucleus, Ushikuvirus disrupts the nucleus and replicates in the cytoplasm, while furtivovirus replicates within the nucleoplasm after partial nuclear disruption.

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Professor Masaharu Takemura from Tokyo University of Science

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