Mimivirus and its virophage

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue , 2009, Pages 49-66

  Claverie, Jean Michel ^a   Abergel, Chantal ^a  

^a CNRS Aix Marseille University   (France)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Aquatic virus; DNA virus; Giant virus; Satellite virus; Virus factory

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

DEFECTIVE VIRUS; DNA VIRUS; GENOME ANALYSIS; MIMIVIRUS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIROPHAGE; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; ACANTHAMOEBA; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METAGENOMICS; VIROLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ASFARVIRIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DNA VIRUSES; EUKARYOTA; IRIDOVIRIDAE; MIMIVIRUS; MIRIDAE; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE; POXVIRIDAE; SATELLITE VIRUSES;

ACANTHAMOEBA; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; METAGENOMICS; MIMIVIRIDAE;

EID: 73349094390     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-102108-134255     Document Type: Review

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