Faithful to the Marseille tradition: Unique and intriguing-that's how Marseillevirus packs its DNA

Shinichi Machida; Joao Diogo Dias; Monsef Benkirane

doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2022.11.001

Faithful to the Marseille tradition: Unique and intriguing-that's how Marseillevirus packs its DNA

Mol Cell. 2022 Dec 1;82(23):4401-4402. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.11.001.

Authors

Shinichi Machida¹, Joao Diogo Dias², Monsef Benkirane³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Structural Virology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan.
² Institut de Génétique Humaine, Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire CNRS-UMR9002, 34000 Montpellier, France.
³ Institut de Génétique Humaine, Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire CNRS-UMR9002, 34000 Montpellier, France. Electronic address: monsef.benkirane@igh.cnrs.fr.

PMID: 36459981
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.11.001

Abstract

Not only does Marseillevirus bear the name of the city where it was identified, it also encompasses its values and what makes Marseille a wonderful city. Marseillevirus is unique and intriguing. As such, Bryson et al. in this issue of Molecular Cell reveal how virion-associated Marseillevirus DNA is packed with nucleosomes.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

DNA* / genetics
Nucleosomes* / genetics
Virion / genetics

Substances

Nucleosomes
DNA