Archaeal viruses-novel, diverse and enigmatic

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 422-433

  Peng, Xu ^a   Garrett, Roger A ^a   She, QunXin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cellular extrusion mechanism; diversity and evolution; life cycle; temporal regulation; virus morphotypes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEON; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

ARCHAEA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRUSES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84861683515     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-012-4325-8     Document Type: Review

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