New dimensions of the virus world discovered through metagenomics

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-19

  Kristensen, David M ^a   Mushegian, Arcady R ^a,b   Dolja, Valerian V ^c   Koonin, Eugene V ^d  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA VIRUS; EUKARYOTE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MARINE SPECIES; METAGENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PICORNAVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA VIRUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS LIKE AGENT;

ANIMALS; DNA, VIRAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; MARINE BIOLOGY; METAGENOMICS; RNA, VIRAL; SEAWATER; VIRUSES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DNA VIRUSES; EUKARYOTA; PICORNA; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 72949103741     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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