Cyanophage tRNAs may have a role in cross-infectivity of oceanic Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus hosts

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 619-628

  Enav, Hagay ^a   Béjà, Oded ^a   Mandel Gutfreund, Yael ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

codon usage; cross infectivity; marine cyanophages; Prochlorococcus; Synechococcus; tRNA

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA; VIRUS RNA;

BIOMASS; CARBON FIXATION; GENOMICS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIMITING FACTOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROKARYOTE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

BASE COMPOSITION; GENOME, VIRAL; MYOVIRIDAE; OCEANS AND SEAS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; RNA, TRANSFER; RNA, VIRAL; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CYANOBACTERIA; MYOVIRIDAE; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84857123340     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.146     Document Type: Article

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