The wonderful world of archaeal viruses

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 565-585

  Prangishvili, David ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Hyperthermophile; Virion structure; Virus diversity; Virus evolution; Virus genome; Virus host relationship

Indexed keywords

CROSSOVER JUNCTION ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; ENDONUCLEASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ACIDIANUS; AEROPYRUM; AEROPYRUM PERNIX; ARCHAEAL VIRUS; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EURYARCHAEOTA; HOST CELL; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; INVERTED TERMINAL REPEAT; LIPOTHRIXVIRIDAE; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PYROBACULUM; RUDIVIRIDAE; SULFOLOBUS; THERMOPROTEUS TENAX; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; VIRION; VIRUS ATTACHMENT; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL VIRUSES; GENOME, VIRAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS;

EID: 84884230123     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: 15453251     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-092412-155633     Document Type: Article

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