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Reasoning about viral capsid domestication and parasitic host interactions — ARCADIA Knowledge Graph

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Reasoning about viral capsid domestication and parasitic host interactions

This chain explains how detection of endogenized viral capsid proteins, their association with horizontal gene transfer, and their enrichment in parasitic species supports the hypothesis that viral capsids facilitate parasitic host interactions, possibly by mediating gene delivery.

Confidence

80%

◑partialactivecomplexity: low

Reasoning Steps (3)

HGT detection as source of capsid integrationStep 1

Capsid homologs enriched in parasitesStep 2

Endogenized capsids may enable gene deliveryStep 3

Source

Synthesis for current paper

Connections (3)

Putative endogenized viral capsid proteins in ticks from HGTAssociation

Endogenized viral capsids are associated with parasitic lifestyleAssociation

Endogenized viral capsids may mediate gene deliveryAssociation