The genome of the brown alga <it>Ectocarpus siliculosus </it>contains a series of viral DNA pieces, suggesting an ancient association with large dsDNA viruses

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Ectocarpus siliculosus </it>virus-1 (EsV-1) is a lysogenic dsDNA virus belonging to the super family of nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDV) that infect <it>Ectocarpus siliculosus</it>, a marine fil...

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Main Authors: Boland Wilhelm, Delaroque Nicolas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-04-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/110