Evolution of mutational robustness in an RNA virus

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1939-1945

  Montville, Rebecca ^a   Froissart, Remy ^a,c   Remold, Susanna K ^a,d   Tenaillon, Olivier ^b   Turner, Paul E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST CELL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION RATE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RNA VIRUS; SUPERINFECTION; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PSEUDOMONAS; RNA PHAGE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

RNA PHAGE; RNA VIRUSES;

RNA;

BACTERIOPHAGE PHI 6; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, VIRAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOME; GENOTYPE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS; PSEUDOMONAS; RNA; RNA PHAGES; RNA VIRUSES; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 27844567907     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030381     Document Type: Article

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