A novel lineage of myoviruses infecting cyanobacteria is widespread in the oceans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2037-2042

  Sabehi, Gazalah ^a   Shaulov, Lihi ^a   Silver, David H ^a   Yanai, Itai ^a   Harel, Amnon ^a   Lindell, Debbie ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DNA POLYMERASE; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CARBON METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METABOLISM; GENE POOL; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VIRION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MORPHOGENESIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ENVIRONMENT; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOVIRIDAE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OCEANS AND SEAS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MYOVIRIDAE; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301;

EID: 84857131687     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1115467109     Document Type: Article

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