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TU Darmstadt and Bonn-Rhein-Sieg researchers find tandem potassium channel gene in algal virus
Researchers from TU Darmstadt, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg and international partners report in PNAS that they found a gene for a tandem potassium channel in a virus that infects algae.
Why it matters: The finding, published in PNAS, comes from researchers at TU Darmstadt and Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg working with international partners.
Researchers from TU Darmstadt and Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, working with international partners, discovered a gene for a tandem potassium channel in an algal virus, according to an announcement on the idw science news wire.
The announcement states that the find supports the assumption that giant viruses contributed substantially to the evolution of complex proteins.
The results have appeared in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Editor’s view
Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
The announcement presents the discovery of a tandem potassium channel gene in an algal virus as support for the assumption that giant viruses contributed substantially to the evolution of complex proteins, with the results now published in PNAS.
