Photosynthesis genes in marine viruses yield proteins during host infection

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7064, 2005, Pages 86-89

  Lindell, Debbie ^a   Jaffe, Jacob D ^b,d   Johnson, Zackary I ^a,e   Church, George M ^b   Chisholm, Sallie W ^a,c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MARINE BIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS;

FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC MATERIALS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS GENES;

GENES;

CAPSID PROTEIN; PROTEIN D1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MIRIDAE; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 27744480467     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04111     Document Type: Article

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