Viruses of haloarchaea

Life

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 681-715

  Luk, Alison W S ^a,b   Williams, Timothy J ^a   Erdmann, Susanne ^a   Thane Papke, R ^c   Cavicchioli, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsid protein; CRISPR; Evasion invasion mechanism; Genome variation; Halophile; Host defense; Integrase; Persistent; Salty; Temperate; Viral evolution; Viral lineage; Virulent infection; Virus life cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910124928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20751729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/life4040681     Document Type: Review

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