Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học đề tài : Bacteriophages: The viruses for all seasons of molecular biology | Virology Journal BioMed Central Commentary Open Access Bacteriophages The viruses for all seasons of molecular biology Jim D Karam Address Department of Biochemistry Tulane University Health Sciences Center New Orleans Louisiana USA Email Jim D Karam - karam@ Corresponding author Published 15 March 2005 Virology Journal 2005 2 19 doi 1743-422X-2-19 Received 13 December 2004 Accepted 15 March 2005 This article is available from http content 2 1 19 2005 Karam licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Bacteriophage research continues to break new ground in our understanding of the basic molecular mechanisms of gene action and biological structure. The abundance of bacteriophages in nature and the diversity of their genomes are two reasons why phage research brims with excitement. The pages of Virology Journal will reflect the excitement of the New Phage Biology. The launching of Virology Journal comes at a time of resurgence of interest in the basic biology of the bacteriophages and the impact that these viruses have on earth s ecology evolution of microbial diversity and the control of infectious disease. Since playing an important part in the birth of Molecular Biology more than 50 years ago 1 phage research has continually broken new ground in our understanding of the basic molecular mechanisms of gene action and biological structure 2 . This trend shows no signs of waning. In a recent international meeting entitled The New Phage Biology 3 the program was largely devoted to emerging frontiers of research that have been empowered by a rapid accumulation of genome sequence information from a wide variety of bacteriophages. Phage genomics is revealing novel biochemical .
