Exploring the prokaryotic virosphere

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 306-313

  Comeau, André M ^a   Hatfull, Graham F ^b   Krisch, Henry M ^a   Lindell, Debbie ^c   Mann, Nicholas H ^d   Prangishvili, David ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Diversity; Evolution; Genome; Phage; Virus

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; RNA SEQUENCE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ARCHAEAL VIRUSES; BACTERIOPHAGES; GENOME, VIRAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 49149117900     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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