Giant viruses in the environment: Their origins and evolution

Current Opinion in Virology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-62

  Yamada, Takashi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHLORELLA VIRUS; CYCLING; DNA VIRUS; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METAGENOMICS; MIMIVIRUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC LARGE DNA VIRUS; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE; PROTIST LIFE CYCLE STAGE; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 79960453060     PISSN: 18796257     EISSN: 18796265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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