The third age of phage

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 0753-0755

  Mann, Nicholas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; BIODIVERSITY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA REPLICATION; HUMANS; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIROLOGY;

EID: 21844447568     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030182     Document Type: Short Survey

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