Virocell Metabolism: Metabolic Innovations During Host–Virus Interactions in the Ocean

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 821-832

  Rosenwasser, Shilo ^a   Ziv, Carmit ^a   Creveld, Shiri Graff van ^a   Vardi, Assaf ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

auxiliary metabolic genes; cyanophages; host virus coevolution; large dsDNA viruses; marine viruses; metabolic networks; virocell phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

CELL METABOLISM; FOOD WEB; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VAMG GENE; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS RELEASE; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; GIANT VIRUS; HAPTOPHYTA; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

DNA VIRUS; SEA WATER;

DNA VIRUSES; FOOD CHAIN; GIANT VIRUSES; HAPTOPHYTA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; SYMBIOSIS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84979655916     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2016.06.006     Document Type: Review

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