Group I introns found in Chlorella viruses: Biological implications

Virology

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 319-326

  Nishida, Kensho ^a   Suzuki, Satoshi ^a   Kimura, Yoshiki ^a   Nomura, Nobuhiko ^a   Fujie, Makoto ^a   Yamada, Takashi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLORELLA; FUNGUS; GREEN ALGA; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; RED ALGA; YEAST;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA VIRUS; CHLOROPHYTA; FUNGI; MIRIDAE; PROTOZOA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0032520580     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1998.9030     Document Type: Article

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