Three Prochlorococcus cyanophage genomes: Signature features and ecological interpretations

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 0790-0806

  Sullivan, Matthew B ^a   Coleman, Maureen L ^b   Weigele, Peter ^a   Rohwer, Forest ^c   Chisholm, Sallie W ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; INTEGRASE; PHOSPHATE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; CARBON METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; INFECTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCEANIC REGIONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; T7-LIKE VIRUSES;

BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ECOSYSTEM; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 21344461027     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030144     Document Type: Article

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