Giant virus in the sea: Extending the realm of Megaviridae to Viridiplantae

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Claverie, Jean Michel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Fourth domain; Haptophyta; Prymnesiophyceae; Tree of Life; Viral plasmid; Virophage evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894070665     PISSN: 19420889     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.25685     Document Type: Article

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