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VIRALZONE NEWS
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Major update of ViralZone.
- The Fact Sheets are now classified under ICTV Realms and Phyla, previously it was classified under the Baltimore Classification. The ICTV classification is based on the folding of the capsid structure in DNA viruses and the RdRp homologies in RNA viruses.
- 66 new families have been added. Due to the expansion of the taxonomy, we focus on creating fact sheets at the family level instead of the genus level.


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Alphafold 3D structure models 47841 predicted structures are available in the ViralZone datasheets via the 3D Models tab. These structure predictions were made by Alphafold for eukaryotic viruses are provided by Jason Nomburg, Nathan Price and Jennifer Doudna (biorxiv). These can be viewed in the ViralZone datasheets via the 3D Models tab. All available structures are sorted by virus.






The complete ViralZone image library in vector graphics image All images in the virus information sheets are now available in SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) format. This allows images to be scaled in size without loss of quality. All the pictures can be copied, redistributed and modified by everyone as long as the source is cited (CC-BY licence). Moreover, virion and genomes of viruses infecting humans are now interactive, (example).

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Publication: ViralZone: a knowledge resource to understand virus diversity. Hulo C, de Castro E, Masson P, Bougueleret L, Bairoch A, Xenarios I, Le Mercier P. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Jan;39(Database issue):D576-82.

ViralZone current statistics
 October 2024
943 Virus description pages:
  • 224 Families
  • 711 Genera
  • 8 individual Species

352 Viral molecular biology pages

Linking to:
(UniProt release 2024_02)


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