A Viral Immunity Chromosome in the Marine Picoeukaryote, Ostreococcus tauri

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Yau, Sheree ^a   Hemon, Claire ^a   Derelle, Evelyne ^a   Moreau, Hervé ^a   Piganeau, Gwenaël ^a   Grimsley, Nigel ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTV5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OSTREOCOCCUS; OSTREOCOCCUS TAURI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UPREGULATION; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS RESISTANCE; CHROMOSOME; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; IMMUNOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHLOROPHYTA; CHROMOSOMES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84992745852     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005965     Document Type: Article

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