mitochondria virus?

Subject: mitochondria virus?

Date: Tue Oct 6 12:49:20 1998
Posted by Matthew Barchok
Grade level: undergrad
School: University of Akron
City: Akron State/Province: OH
Country: U.S.A.
Area of science: Cell Biology
ID: 907696160.Cb

Message:


Since mitochondria have their own DNA and polymerases, would it be 
possible to have a virus that could infect them?  Mitochondria are 
ancient, and originally lived independently before being taken in by 
eukaryotes, so isn't it likely that there was once a virus that could 
infect them?  Could this virus still exist today?

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