Evolutionary insights from studies on viruses of hyperthermophilic archaea

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-294

  Prangishvili, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution; Hyperthermophilic archaea; Viruses

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL VIRUS; DNA REPLICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVOLUTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE; POXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; RUDIVIRIDAE;

ARCHAEA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037716574     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(03)00073-1     Document Type: Review

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