New insights into virus proteome: Unknown proteins of the herpesvirus discovered
Friday, November 23, 2012 - 10:31
in Biology & Nature
The genome encodes the complete information needed by an organism, including that required for protein production. Viruses, which are up to a thousand times smaller than human cells, have considerably smaller genomes. Using a type of herpesvirus as a model system scientists have shown that the genome of this virus contains much more information than previously assumed. The researchers identified several hundred novel proteins, many of which were surprisingly small.