Published in Res Microbiol on May 01, 2003
Prevalence and evolution of core photosystem II genes in marine cyanobacterial viruses and their hosts. PLoS Biol (2006) 3.63
Transfer of photosynthesis genes to and from Prochlorococcus viruses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2004) 3.38
The genome of S-PM2, a "photosynthetic" T4-type bacteriophage that infects marine Synechococcus strains. J Bacteriol (2005) 2.52
Do orthologous gene phylogenies really support tree-thinking? BMC Evol Biol (2005) 2.10
The defective prophage pool of Escherichia coli O157: prophage-prophage interactions potentiate horizontal transfer of virulence determinants. PLoS Pathog (2009) 2.04
Assembly of viral metagenomes from yellowstone hot springs. Appl Environ Microbiol (2008) 1.86
The Phycodnaviridae: the story of how tiny giants rule the world. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol (2009) 1.82
Phylogenetic evidence for extensive lateral acquisition of cellular genes by Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses. BMC Evol Biol (2008) 1.51
Marine T4-type bacteriophages, a ubiquitous component of the dark matter of the biosphere. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 1.49
Widespread horizontal gene transfer from double-stranded RNA viruses to eukaryotic nuclear genomes. J Virol (2010) 1.46
Deduction of probable events of lateral gene transfer through comparison of phylogenetic trees by recursive consolidation and rearrangement. BMC Evol Biol (2005) 1.43
The dynamic genetic repertoire of microbial communities. FEMS Microbiol Rev (2008) 1.42
Evolution of DNA polymerases: an inactivated polymerase-exonuclease module in Pol epsilon and a chimeric origin of eukaryotic polymerases from two classes of archaeal ancestors. Biol Direct (2009) 1.33
Hidden evolutionary complexity of Nucleo-Cytoplasmic Large DNA viruses of eukaryotes. Virol J (2012) 1.32
Lateral genetic transfer: open issues. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2009) 1.29
comK prophage junction fragments as markers for Listeria monocytogenes genotypes unique to individual meat and poultry processing plants and a model for rapid niche-specific adaptation, biofilm formation, and persistence. Appl Environ Microbiol (2011) 1.25
Whole genome molecular phylogeny of large dsDNA viruses using composition vector method. BMC Evol Biol (2007) 1.22
Applying the ResFinder and VirulenceFinder web-services for easy identification of acquired antibiotic resistance and E. coli virulence genes in bacteriophage and prophage nucleotide sequences. Bacteriophage (2014) 1.18
Thermus thermophilus bacteriophage phiYS40 genome and proteomic characterization of virions. J Mol Biol (2006) 1.06
Codon bias is a major factor explaining phage evolution in translationally biased hosts. J Mol Evol (2008) 1.06
Combining metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and viromics to explore novel microbial interactions: towards a systems-level understanding of human microbiome. Comput Struct Biotechnol J (2015) 1.00
Temporal order of evolution of DNA replication systems inferred by comparison of cellular and viral DNA polymerases. Biol Direct (2006) 0.92
An evolutionary analysis of lateral gene transfer in thymidylate synthase enzymes. Syst Biol (2010) 0.91
Defining life: the virus viewpoint. Orig Life Evol Biosph (2010) 0.90
Group I introns and inteins: disparate origins but convergent parasitic strategies. J Bacteriol (2009) 0.87
New evolutionary frontiers from unusual virus genomes. Genome Biol (2005) 0.87
Genome signature analysis of thermal virus metagenomes reveals Archaea and thermophilic signatures. BMC Genomics (2008) 0.86
Whole-proteome phylogeny of large dsDNA viruses and parvoviruses through a composition vector method related to dynamical language model. BMC Evol Biol (2010) 0.85
Lateral gene transfer of family A DNA polymerases between thermophilic viruses, aquificae, and apicomplexa. Mol Biol Evol (2013) 0.81
Genomic library screening for viruses from the human dental plaque revealed pathogen-specific lytic phage sequences. Curr Microbiol (2011) 0.78
Non coding RNAs and viruses in the framework of the phylogeny of the genes, epigenesis and heredity. Int J Mol Sci (2012) 0.76
Horizontal gene transfer events reshape the global landscape of arm race between viruses and homo sapiens. Sci Rep (2016) 0.75
Insights into the evolution of sorbitol metabolism: phylogenetic analysis of SDR196C family. BMC Evol Biol (2012) 0.75
Mesophilic Crenarchaeota: proposal for a third archaeal phylum, the Thaumarchaeota. Nat Rev Microbiol (2008) 5.31
The virophage as a unique parasite of the giant mimivirus. Nature (2008) 4.09
An alternative flavin-dependent mechanism for thymidylate synthesis. Science (2002) 3.82
Redefining viruses: lessons from Mimivirus. Nat Rev Microbiol (2008) 3.27
An integrated analysis of the genome of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi. Mol Microbiol (2003) 2.75
Viruses of the Archaea: a unifying view. Nat Rev Microbiol (2006) 2.61
Archaeal phylogeny based on ribosomal proteins. Mol Biol Evol (2002) 1.92
Evolution of DNA polymerase families: evidences for multiple gene exchange between cellular and viral proteins. J Mol Evol (2002) 1.91
Archaeal phylogeny based on proteins of the transcription and translation machineries: tackling the Methanopyrus kandleri paradox. Genome Biol (2004) 1.71
Genome analysis and genome-wide proteomics of Thermococcus gammatolerans, the most radioresistant organism known amongst the Archaea. Genome Biol (2009) 1.69
Phylogeny and evolution of the Archaea: one hundred genomes later. Curr Opin Microbiol (2011) 1.68
The archeoviruses. FEMS Microbiol Rev (2011) 1.62
Nanoarchaea: representatives of a novel archaeal phylum or a fast-evolving euryarchaeal lineage related to Thermococcales? Genome Biol (2005) 1.60
Pyrococcus genome comparison evidences chromosome shuffling-driven evolution. Nucleic Acids Res (2002) 1.58
A unique virus release mechanism in the Archaea. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.47
An emerging phylogenetic core of Archaea: phylogenies of transcription and translation machineries converge following addition of new genome sequences. BMC Evol Biol (2005) 1.42
Phylogenomics of type II DNA topoisomerases. Bioessays (2003) 1.42
A hidden reservoir of integrative elements is the major source of recently acquired foreign genes and ORFans in archaeal and bacterial genomes. Genome Biol (2009) 1.41
The origin of eukaryotes and their relationship with the Archaea: are we at a phylogenomic impasse? Nat Rev Microbiol (2010) 1.40
Identification of short 'eukaryotic' Okazaki fragments synthesized from a prokaryotic replication origin. EMBO Rep (2003) 1.39
An archaeal orthologue of the universal protein Kae1 is an iron metalloprotein which exhibits atypical DNA-binding properties and apurinic-endonuclease activity in vitro. Nucleic Acids Res (2007) 1.36
Four newly isolated fuselloviruses from extreme geothermal environments reveal unusual morphologies and a possible interviral recombination mechanism. Environ Microbiol (2009) 1.27
Construction of a shuttle vector for, and spheroplast transformation of, the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi. Appl Environ Microbiol (2002) 1.26
NurA, a novel 5'-3' nuclease gene linked to rad50 and mre11 homologs of thermophilic Archaea. EMBO Rep (2002) 1.25
Casposons: a new superfamily of self-synthesizing DNA transposons at the origin of prokaryotic CRISPR-Cas immunity. BMC Biol (2014) 1.25
Structure of the archaeal Kae1/Bud32 fusion protein MJ1130: a model for the eukaryotic EKC/KEOPS subcomplex. EMBO J (2008) 1.21
Widespread distribution of archaeal reverse gyrase in thermophilic bacteria suggests a complex history of vertical inheritance and lateral gene transfers. Archaea (2007) 1.19
Microviridae goes temperate: microvirus-related proviruses reside in the genomes of Bacteroidetes. PLoS One (2011) 1.18
Qri7/OSGEPL, the mitochondrial version of the universal Kae1/YgjD protein, is essential for mitochondrial genome maintenance. Nucleic Acids Res (2009) 1.17
On the last common ancestor and early evolution of eukaryotes: reconstructing the history of mitochondrial ribosomes. Res Microbiol (2010) 1.16
DNA bending, compaction and negative supercoiling by the architectural protein Sso7d of Sulfolobus solfataricus. Nucleic Acids Res (2002) 1.14
The Sulfolobus rod-shaped virus 2 encodes a prominent structural component of the unique virion release system in Archaea. Virology (2010) 1.13
A DNA topoisomerase IB in Thaumarchaeota testifies for the presence of this enzyme in the last common ancestor of Archaea and Eucarya. Biol Direct (2008) 1.13
Diversity of virus-host systems in hypersaline Lake Retba, Senegal. Environ Microbiol (2010) 1.12
Comparative analysis of the mosaic genomes of tailed archaeal viruses and proviruses suggests common themes for virion architecture and assembly with tailed viruses of bacteria. J Mol Biol (2010) 1.12
Virus-like vesicles and extracellular DNA produced by hyperthermophilic archaea of the order Thermococcales. Res Microbiol (2008) 1.12
The Mre11 protein interacts with both Rad50 and the HerA bipolar helicase and is recruited to DNA following gamma irradiation in the archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. BMC Mol Biol (2008) 1.10
Thermococcus gammatolerans sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent that resists ionizing radiation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2003) 1.07
The evolutionary history of archaeal MCM helicases: a case study of vertical evolution combined with hitchhiking of mobile genetic elements. Mol Biol Evol (2010) 1.07
Simple and elegant design of a virion egress structure in Archaea. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2011) 1.04
Viral proteins functioning in organelles: a cryptic origin? Trends Microbiol (2005) 1.04
Two novel families of plasmids from hyperthermophilic archaea encoding new families of replication proteins. Nucleic Acids Res (2010) 1.04
Massive activation of archaeal defense genes during viral infection. J Virol (2013) 1.03
Global phylogenomic analysis disentangles the complex evolutionary history of DNA replication in archaea. Genome Biol Evol (2014) 1.03
Plasmids, viruses and virus-like membrane vesicles from Thermococcales. Biochem Soc Trans (2011) 1.03
In vitro biosynthesis of a universal t6A tRNA modification in Archaea and Eukarya. Nucleic Acids Res (2012) 1.03
Chimeric viruses blur the borders between the major groups of eukaryotic single-stranded DNA viruses. Nat Commun (2013) 1.02
Genomics and genetics of Sulfolobus islandicus LAL14/1, a model hyperthermophilic archaeon. Open Biol (2013) 1.02
Identification, purification, and characterization of an eukaryotic-like phosphopantetheine adenylyltransferase (coenzyme A biosynthetic pathway) in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi. J Biol Chem (2003) 1.01
Insights into dynamics of mobile genetic elements in hyperthermophilic environments from five new Thermococcus plasmids. PLoS One (2013) 1.01
Evidence for a Xer/dif system for chromosome resolution in archaea. PLoS Genet (2010) 1.01
Archaeal virus with exceptional virion architecture and the largest single-stranded DNA genome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 1.01
Functional assignment of KEOPS/EKC complex subunits in the biosynthesis of the universal t6A tRNA modification. Nucleic Acids Res (2013) 0.99
Unification of the globally distributed spindle-shaped viruses of the Archaea. J Virol (2013) 0.99
Hyperthermophilic archaea produce membrane vesicles that can transfer DNA. Environ Microbiol Rep (2012) 0.98
Postcards from the edge: structural genomics of archaeal viruses. Adv Virus Res (2012) 0.98
Crenarchaeal CdvA forms double-helical filaments containing DNA and interacts with ESCRT-III-like CdvB. PLoS One (2011) 0.98
Structural insights into a new homodimeric self-activated GTPase family. EMBO Rep (2007) 0.97
Molecular diversity of new Thermococcales isolates from a single area of hydrothermal deep-sea vents as revealed by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprinting and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Appl Environ Microbiol (2004) 0.97
The rolling-circle plasmid pTN1 from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus nautilus. Mol Microbiol (2007) 0.97
Acidianus filamentous virus 1 coat proteins display a helical fold spanning the filamentous archaeal viruses lineage. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 0.97
Assessment of viral community functional potential from viral metagenomes may be hampered by contamination with cellular sequences. Open Biol (2013) 0.96
The universal Kae1 protein and the associated Bud32 kinase (PRPK), a mysterious protein couple probably essential for genome maintenance in Archaea and Eukarya. Biochem Soc Trans (2009) 0.95
The legacy of Carl Woese and Wolfram Zillig: from phylogeny to landmark discoveries. Nat Rev Microbiol (2013) 0.94
Crystal structure of AFV3-109, a highly conserved protein from crenarchaeal viruses. Virol J (2007) 0.94
Genomic context analysis in Archaea suggests previously unrecognized links between DNA replication and translation. Genome Biol (2008) 0.94
Genomewide and biochemical analyses of DNA-binding activity of Cdc6/Orc1 and Mcm proteins in Pyrococcus sp. Nucleic Acids Res (2007) 0.94
Genetic analysis of DNA repair in the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus kodakaraensis. Genes Genet Syst (2010) 0.94
First insights into the entry process of hyperthermophilic archaeal viruses. J Virol (2013) 0.93
A highly divergent archaeo-eukaryotic primase from the Thermococcus nautilus plasmid, pTN2. Nucleic Acids Res (2014) 0.92
Dark matter in archaeal genomes: a rich source of novel mobile elements, defense systems and secretory complexes. Extremophiles (2014) 0.92
Novel archaeal plasmid pAH1 and its interactions with the lipothrixvirus AFV1. Mol Microbiol (2008) 0.90
Physiological responses of the hyperthermophilic archaeon "Pyrococcus abyssi" to DNA damage caused by ionizing radiation. J Bacteriol (2003) 0.89
Crystal structure of an intact type II DNA topoisomerase: insights into DNA transfer mechanisms. Structure (2008) 0.89
Extracellular membrane vesicles harbouring viral genomes. Environ Microbiol (2013) 0.87
A thermodynamic model of the cooperative interaction between the archaeal transcription factor Ss-LrpB and its tripartite operator DNA. Gene (2013) 0.86
Viruses in acidic geothermal environments of the Kamchatka Peninsula. Res Microbiol (2008) 0.86
Membrane vesicles, nanopods and/or nanotubes produced by hyperthermophilic archaea of the genus Thermococcus. Biochem Soc Trans (2013) 0.85
A thaumarchaeal provirus testifies for an ancient association of tailed viruses with archaea. Biochem Soc Trans (2011) 0.85
Self-assembly of the general membrane-remodeling protein PVAP into sevenfold virus-associated pyramids. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2014) 0.84
When DNA replication and protein synthesis come together. Trends Biochem Sci (2009) 0.84
Thermococcus nautili sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a hydrothermal deep-sea vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2014) 0.84
Thermococcus marinus sp. nov. and Thermococcus radiotolerans sp. nov., two hyperthermophilic archaea from deep-sea hydrothermal vents that resist ionizing radiation. Extremophiles (2004) 0.84
Synthesis and biological evaluation of acridine derivatives as antimalarial agents. ChemMedChem (2012) 0.83
The origin of modern terrestrial life. HFSP J (2007) 0.83
RNA at 92 °C: the non-coding transcriptome of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi. RNA Biol (2013) 0.82
The HSP90 and DNA topoisomerase VI inhibitor radicicol also inhibits human type II DNA topoisomerase. Biochem Pharmacol (2006) 0.82
Living side by side with a virus: characterization of two novel plasmids from Thermococcus prieurii, a host for the spindle-shaped virus TPV1. Appl Environ Microbiol (2013) 0.81
Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA gyrase possesses two functional GyrA-boxes. Biochem J (2013) 0.80
The SF1 helicase encoded by the archaeal plasmid pTN2 of Thermococcus nautili. Extremophiles (2014) 0.80
Single-stranded DNA viruses employ a variety of mechanisms for integration into host genomes. Ann N Y Acad Sci (2015) 0.78
Genome Sequence of a Hyperthermophilic Archaeon, Thermococcus nautili 30-1, That Produces Viral Vesicles. Genome Announc (2014) 0.78
Unique genome replication mechanism of the archaeal virus AFV1. Mol Microbiol (2014) 0.78
Plasmids from Euryarchaeota. Microbiol Spectr (2014) 0.77
Clustering of OB-fold domains of the partner protease complexed with trimeric stomatin from Thermococcales. Biochimie (2013) 0.76
Archaea and the tree of life. Res Microbiol (2010) 0.76
The archaeal cell cycle: clues from comparative genomics. Cell Cycle (2010) 0.75
Synergistic template-free synthesis of dsDNA by Thermococcus nautili primase PolpTN2, DNA polymerase PolB, and pTN2 helicase. Extremophiles (2014) 0.75