Marine phage genomics: What have we learned?

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 299-307

  Paul, John H ^a   Sullivan, Matthew B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MARINE BIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

GENOME ORGANIZATION; GENOME SEQUENCES; GENOMIC INFORMATION; MARINE PHAGES;

GENES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 20444385133     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2005.03.007     Document Type: Review

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