The "Cheshire Cat" escape strategy of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi in response to viral infection

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 41, 2008, Pages 15944-15949

  Frada, Miguel ^a,b   Probert, Ian ^a   Allen, Michael J ^d   Wilson, William H ^c   De Vargas, Colomban ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Eukaryotic life cycle; Haplo diploidy; Host parasite interaction; Marine viruses; Red Queen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHESHIRE CAT; COCCOLITHOPHORE; DIPLOIDY; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; EUKARYOTE; HAPLOIDY; LIFE CYCLE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI VIRUS; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 57349116021     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0807707105     Document Type: Article

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