The place of viruses in the "tree of life"

Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 115-127

  Sinkovics, Joseph G ^a,b  

^a ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Protocell fusions virally mediated; Retrotransposons retrolentiviruses; Ribozyme viroids

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA; THEROPODA; VIROIDS;

RIBOZYME;

ANIMAL; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MEMBRANE FUSION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROPOSON; SPHEROPLAST; SYMBIOSIS; VIRAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; VIROID; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE FUSION; RETROELEMENTS; RNA, CATALYTIC; SPHEROPLASTS; SYMBIOSIS; VIRAL PHYSIOLOGY; VIROIDS; VIRUSES;

EID: 0035220695     PISSN: 12178950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AMicr.48.2001.1.11     Document Type: Article

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