Genomic and structural analysis of Syn9, a cyanophage infecting marine Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1675-1695

  Weigele, Peter R ^a   Pope, Welkin H ^b   Pedulla, Marisa L ^c   Houtz, Jennifer M ^b   Smith, Alexis L ^b   Conway, James F ^d   King, Jonathan ^a   Hatfull, Graham F ^b   Lawrence, Jeffrey G ^b   Hendrix, Roger W ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNECHOCOCCUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA REPLICATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENES, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VIRION;

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

EID: 34250170456     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01285.x     Document Type: Article

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