Reasons to include viruses in the tree of life

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 615-

  Hegde, Nagendra R ^a   Maddur, Mohan S ^b,c   Kaveri, Srini V ^b,c,d   Bayry, Jagadeesh ^b,c,d  

^a Bharat Biotech Foundation   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HERPES VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NOTE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; TREE OF LIFE; VIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS SURVIVAL;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIFE; PHYLOGENY; VIRUSES;

EID: 67651236459     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2108-c1     Document Type: Note

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