Microbial genomes to write our history

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 499-501

  De Thé, Guy ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 18; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, VIRAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 34547618300     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519172     Document Type: Editorial

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