ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Metaviridae
Carlos Lloréns, Beatriz Soriano, Mart Krupovìč
Abstract
Metaviridae is a family of retrotransposons and reverse-transcribing viruses with long terminal repeats belonging to the order Ortervirales . Members of the genera Errantivirus and Metavirus include, respectively, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ty3 virus and its Gypsy-like relatives in drosophilids. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the family Metaviridae, which is available at ictv.global/report/metaviridae .
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BiologyVirologyVirus classificationTaxonomy (biology)VirusZoologyGeneticsGenomeGenePlant Virus Research StudiesBacteriophages and microbial interactionsPlant and Fungal Interactions Research