Host-derived pathogenicity islands in poxviruses

Virology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Da Silva, Melissa ^a   Upton, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE NUMBER; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; POXVIRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, VIRAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; POXVIRIDAE;

POXVIRIDAE;

EID: 21644489221     PISSN: 1743422X     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-2-30     Document Type: Article

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