Haloviruses HF1 and HF2: Evidence for a Recent and Large Recombination Event

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2810-2817

  Tang, Sen Lin ^a   Nuttall, Stewart ^b   Dyall Smith, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DNA VIRUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HALOVIRUS HF1; HALOVIRUS HF2; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ARCHAEAL VIRUSES; BASE SEQUENCE; FRESH WATER; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VIRION;

DNA VIRUSES; HALOVIRUSES; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 1942475398     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.9.2810-2817.2004     Document Type: Article

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