The origin of virions and virocells: The escape hypothesis revisited

Viruses: Essential Agents of Life

Volumn 9789400748996, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-60

  Forterre, Patrick ^a,b   Krupovic, Mart ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

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EID: 84932103365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4899-6_3     Document Type: Chapter

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