 DNA Viruses
"DNA Viruses" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Viruses whose nucleic acid is DNA.
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D004267
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.280
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "DNA Viruses" by people in Profiles.
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Adriaenssens EM, Cook R, Dolja V, Koonin EV, Krupovic M, Kuhn JH, Lood C, Reyes Muñoz A, Turner D, Varsani A, Vaz PK, Waltzek T, Wolf YI, Yutin N, Zerbini FM. ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Duplodnaviria 2025. J Gen Virol. 2025 Sep; 106(9).
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Varsani A, Abd-Alla AMM, Arnberg N, Bateman KS, Benko M, Bézier A, Biagini P, Bojko J, Butkovic A, Canuti M, Celer V, Drezen JM, Egyed L, Fischer MG, François S, Guinet B, Harrach B, Harrison RL, Herniou EA, Hess M, Hu J, Jehle JA, Kaján GL, Kajon AE, Koonin EV, Kraberger S, Krell PJ, Krupovic M, Kuhn JH, Lei C, Leobold M, Maggi F, Mittal SK, Okamoto H, Opriessnig T, Peng X, Pénzes J, Podgorski II, Postler TS, Ribeiro BM, San Martín C, Söderlund-Venermo M, Sun X, Surján A, Tarján ZL, Varaldi J, Vidovszky MZ, Wadell G, Watanabe H, Yutin N, van Oers MM. Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) from the Animal DNA Viruses and Retroviruses Subcommittee, 2025. J Gen Virol. 2025 Jul; 106(7).
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Krupovic M, Wang F, Cvirkaite-Krupovic V, Kuhn JH, Dolja VV, Prangishvili D, Egelman EH, Koonin EV. ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Adnaviria 2025. J Gen Virol. 2025 Mar; 106(3).
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Toner CM, Hoitsma NM, Weerawarana S, Luger K. Characterization of Medusavirus encoded histones reveals nucleosome-like structures and a unique linker histone. Nat Commun. 2024 10 23; 15(1):9138.
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Krupovic M, Kuhn JH, Fischer MG, Koonin EV. Natural history of eukaryotic DNA viruses with double jelly-roll major capsid proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Jun 04; 121(23):e2405771121.
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Hamanaka T, Ribeiro CTM, Pone S, Gomes SC, Nielsen-Saines K, Brickley EB, Moreira ME, Pone M. Longitudinal Follow-Up of Gross Motor Function in Children with Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome from a Cohort in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Viruses. 2022 05 28; 14(6).
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Zerbini FM, Siddell SG, Mushegian AR, Walker PJ, Lefkowitz EJ, Adriaenssens EM, Alfenas-Zerbini P, Dutilh BE, García ML, Junglen S, Krupovic M, Kuhn JH, Lambert AJ, Lobocka M, Oksanen HM, Robertson DL, Rubino L, Sabanadzovic S, Simmonds P, Suzuki N, Van Doorslaer K, Vandamme AM, Varsani A. Differentiating between viruses and virus species by writing their names correctly. Arch Virol. 2022 Apr; 167(4):1231-1234.
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Koonin EV, Dolja VV, Krupovic M, Kuhn JH. Viruses Defined by the Position of the Virosphere within the Replicator Space. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2021 12 15; 85(4):e0019320.
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Liu Y, Bisio H, Toner CM, Jeudy S, Philippe N, Zhou K, Bowerman S, White A, Edwards G, Abergel C, Luger K. Virus-encoded histone doublets are essential and form nucleosome-like structures. Cell. 2021 08 05; 184(16):4237-4250.e19.
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Krupovic M, Kuhn JH, Wang F, Baquero DP, Dolja VV, Egelman EH, Prangishvili D, Koonin EV. Adnaviria: a New Realm for Archaeal Filamentous Viruses with Linear A-Form Double-Stranded DNA Genomes. J Virol. 2021 07 12; 95(15):e0067321.
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