Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Curr Biol. 2020 Dec 21;30(24):R1469-R1471. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.080.
A new metagenomics study has shown that marine viruses recently acquired genes encoding light-gated ion channels from green algae. These so-called channelrhodopsin genes may allow the viruses to manipulate the swimming behavior of the algae they infect.
一项新的宏基因组学研究表明,海洋病毒最近从绿藻中获得了编码光门控离子通道的基因。这些所谓的通道蛋白基因可能使病毒能够操纵它们感染的藻类的游动行为。