Nobel Prizes and the emerging virus concept

Archives of Virology

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1109-1123

  Norrby, Erling ^a  

^a ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CHEMISTRY; CONCEPT FORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCIENCE; VIRAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ARCHIVES; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CHEMISTRY; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; NOBEL PRIZE; PLANT DISEASES; SCIENCE; VIRAL PHYSIOLOGY; VIRUS CULTIVATION; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LURIA; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 44449095969     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-008-0088-8     Document Type: Review

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