Giant viruses and their genomes

Viral Genomes: Diversity, Properties and Parameters

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 145-157

  Wilson, William H ^a,b   Allen, Michael J ^b  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Giant virus; Herpesviridae; Mimivirus; Myoviridae; NCLDV; Nimaviridae; Phycodnaviridae; Polydnavirus; Poxviridae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892938376     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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