2024
Microbe Profile: Bacteriophage ϕ6: a model for segmented RNA viruses and the evolutionary consequences of viral ‘sex’
Turner P, Chao L. Microbe Profile: Bacteriophage ϕ6: a model for segmented RNA viruses and the evolutionary consequences of viral ‘sex’. Microbiology 2024, 170: 001467. PMID: 39046321, PMCID: PMC11316545, DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001467.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEukaryotic virusesHost-pathogen interactionsEvolution of sexDsRNA virusesEvolutionary consequencesSegment reassortmentBacterial virusesRNA virusesRate of adaptationMutation ratePhenotypic complexityMutation loadLipid envelopeBacteriophageReassortmentRNAMutationsVirusMolecular modelingDsRNAExperimental systemGeneticsTraitsHostReplication
2016
Reassortment in segmented RNA viruses: mechanisms and outcomes
McDonald SM, Nelson MI, Turner PE, Patton JT. Reassortment in segmented RNA viruses: mechanisms and outcomes. Nature Reviews Microbiology 2016, 14: 448-460. PMID: 27211789, PMCID: PMC5119462, DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2016.46.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRNA virusesGenome segmentsProtein-RNA interactionsMultiple selection pressuresRNA-RNA interactionsSingle host cellSegmented RNA virusViral fitnessDifferent gene segmentsProtein setsSelection pressureHost cellsGene segmentsGeneration of reassortantsImportant pathogenReassortmentDifferent viral strainsReassortant virusesFitnessImmune recognitionHybrid virionsReassortantsVirusMore virusesPlants