Genomes of the T4-related bacteriophages as windows on microbial genome evolution

Virology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Petrov, Vasiliy M ^a   Ratnayaka, Swarnamala ^a   Nolan, James M ^b   Miller, Eric S ^c   Karam, Jim D ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; VIRUS DNA;

ALLELE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA RESTRICTION; DNA TRANSFER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME SIZE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; VIRUS GENOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, VIRAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77958592580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-7-292     Document Type: Review

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