The immense journey of bacteriophage T4-From d'Hérelle to Delbrück and then to Darwin and beyond

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 314-324

  Krisch, H M ^a   Comeau, André M ^a  

^a UPS   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage T4; d'H relle; Darwin; Delbr ck; Diversity; Evolution; Genomics; T4 superfamily

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BIOSPHERE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA PROCESSING; VIRION;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; GENOME, VIRAL; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 49149111138     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2008.04.014     Document Type: Article

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