Viva lavidaviruses! Five features of virophages that parasitize giant DNA viruses

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Sarah Duponchel,

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Mechanisms, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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Matthias G. Fischer

* E-mail: mfischer@mr.mpg.de

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Mechanisms, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4014-3626

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About the Authors

Sarah Duponchel

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Mechanisms, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany

Matthias G. Fischer

* E-mail: mfischer@mr.mpg.de

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Mechanisms, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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