New evolutionary frontiers from unusual virus genomes

Genome Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Desjardins, Christopher ^a   Eisen, Jonathan A ^a   Nene, Vishvanath ^a  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

COTESIA CONGREGATA BRACOVIRUS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA VIRUS; GENE SEQUENCE; MIMIVIRUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; POLYDNAVIRIDAE; SHORT SURVEY; VIRUS GENOME;

ANIMALS; DNA VIRUSES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYDNAVIRIDAE; WASPS;

MIMIVIRUS;

EID: 16844363764     PISSN: 14656906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2005-6-3-212     Document Type: Short Survey

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