title: Genome watch: Honey, I shrunk the mimiviral genome.
abstract: This month's Genome Watch describes how the large size of the mimiviral genome is a result of the sympatric lifestyle of mimivirus in host amoebae.
authors: Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK. microbes@sanger.ac.uk
authors: Isheng J
authors: IJ
authors: Tsai
mesh_terms: D000656:Amoeba / Q000821:virology*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D017353:Gene Deletion; D016679:Genome, Viral; D056686:Mimiviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins