Isolation and characterization of Chlorella viruses from freshwater sources in Korea

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 168-176

  Cho, Hyun Hwa ^a   Park, Hyoun Hyang ^a   Kim, Jong Oh ^a   Choi, Tae Jin ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chlorella Virus; NC64A; tRNA Cluster

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FRESH WATER; GENOMIC DNA; TRANSFER RNA; VIRUS ANTIBODY; CAPSID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHLORELLA VIRUS; KOREA; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIRION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CHLORELLA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT VIRUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CHLORELLA VIRUS; PARAMECIUM BURSARIA CHLORELLA VIRUS 1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHLORELLA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; KOREA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT VIRUSES; RNA, TRANSFER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0037206569     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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