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Genome size

Value	1.259 Mb Range: encoding 1120 proteins Mb
Organism	Virus Megavirus chilensis
Reference	Philippe N et al., Pandoraviruses: amoeba viruses with genomes up to 2.5 Mb reaching that of parasitic eukaryotes. Science. 2013 Jul 19 341(6143):281-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1239181. p.281 middle columnPubMed ID23869018
Primary Source	Colson P, Yutin N, Shabalina SA, Robert C, Fournous G, La Scola B, Raoult D, Koonin EV. Viruses with more than 1,000 genes: Mamavirus, a new Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus strain, and reannotation of Mimivirus genes. Genome Biol Evol. 20113:737-42. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evr048 AND Yoosuf N et al., Related giant viruses in distant locations and different habitats: Acanthamoeba polyphaga moumouvirus represents a third lineage of the Mimiviridae that is close to the megavirus lineage. Genome Biol Evol. 2012 4(12):1324-30. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evs109. AND Arslan D, Legendre M, Seltzer V, Abergel C, Claverie JM. Distant Mimivirus relative with a larger genome highlights the fundamental features of Megaviridae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Oct 18 108(42):17486-91. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1110889108.PubMed ID21705471, 23221609, 21987820
Comments	"In the past decade, several Mimivirus relatives have been fully characterized, including the largest known viral genome of Megavirus chilensis (1.259 Mb encoding 1120 proteins) (primary sources)."
Entered by	Uri M
ID	109553