The Phycodnaviridae: The story of how tiny giants rule the world

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 328, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-42

  Wilson, W H ^c   Van Etten, James L ^a   Allen, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORELLA; CHLOROVIRUS; COCCOLITHOVIRUS; DNA VIRUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME ANALYSIS; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; PHAEOVIRUS; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRASINOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRYMNESIOVIRUS; RAPHIDOVIRUS; REVIEW; RNA REPLICATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ALGAE; DNA VIRUSES; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE;

EID: 58249107293     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-68618-7_1     Document Type: Review

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