Virophages to viromes: A report from the frontier of viral oceanography

Current Opinion in Virology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-57

  Culley, Alexander I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GENOMIC DNA; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOME; CHLORELLA; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST; METAGENOME; NONHUMAN; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANKTON; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VIRIOPLANKTON; VIROME; VIROPHAGE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 79960463966     PISSN: 18796257     EISSN: 18796265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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