A reevaluation of the higher taxonomy of viruses based on RNA polymerases

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 6083-6096

  Zanotto, Paolo M De A ^a   Gibbs, Mark J ^a,c   Gould, Ernest A ^a   Holmes, Edward C ^b  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0029840630     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.9.6083-6096.1996     Document Type: Article

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