Mimivirus relatives in the Sargasso sea

Virology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Ghedin, Elodie ^a,b   Claverie, Jean Michel ^c,d  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CNRS Aix Marseille University   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; DNA VIRUS; GENOME ANALYSIS; MIMIVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; DNA VIRUSES; EUKARYOTA; MIMIVIRUS;

SEA WATER; VIRUS DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA VIRUSES; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 23944516801     PISSN: 1743422X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-2-62     Document Type: Article

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