Characterization and genomic analysis of a plaque purified strain of cyanophage PP

Virologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 272-279

  Zhou, Yiran ^a   Lin, Juan ^a   Li, Na ^a   Hu, Zhihong ^a   Deng, Fei ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Characterization; Complete genome sequencing; Cyanophage PP; Genome organization; Plaque assay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CYANOPHAGE; CYANOPHAGE PP; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS PLAQUE; VIRUS PURIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

CHINA; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA VIRUSES; DNA, VIRAL; GENE ORDER; GENOME, VIRAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PODOVIRIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNTENY;

EID: 84886397787     PISSN: 16740769     EISSN: 1995820X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12250-013-3363-0     Document Type: Article

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