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A Truly Alive Virus

Posted by michael on from the cross-breed dept.

cyclop writes "Microbiologists are puzzled by the genome sequence of the giant Mimivirus. It seems this virus has even more genes than many bacteria, is able to synthesize its own proteins and therefore is, by definition, alive. 'We are seeing an organism here. There is DNA, RNA and plenty of proteins,' says Didier Raoult, who reports the work in this week's Science."

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  1. The Mimi virus by tcc · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Let's wait till Drew gets a hold of this :)

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