Pseudoviridae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Viruses
- Phylum
- Artverviricota
- Class
- Revtraviricetes
- Order
- Ortervirales
- Family
- Pseudoviridae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Pseudoviridae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pseudoviridae
Pseudoviridae is a family of viruses, which includes three genera.
Viruses of the family are actually LTR retrotransposons of the Ty1-copia family. They replicate via structures called virus-like particles (VLPs). VLPs are not infectious like normal virions, but they nevertheless make up an essential part of the pseudoviral lifecycle.
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