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Viruses > DNA Viruses > Caudovirales > Siphoviridae
Viruses > Bacteriophages > Caudovirales > Siphoviridae
Viruses > Archaeal Viruses > Siphoviridae

Preferred term

Siphoviridae  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A family of BACTERIOPHAGES and ARCHAEAL VIRUSES which are characterized by long, non-contractile tails. A tentative species in the genus T5-like PHAGES. A genus in the family SIPHOVIRIDAE. The DNA has cohesive ends and is packaged as a unit size filament. A genus in the family SIPHOVIRIDAE, characterized by virions with large heads and long, kinked tail fibers.

Entry terms

  • Syphoviridae
  • txid10699
  • txid10707
  • txid186765
  • txid187218

In other languages

  • French

  • Syphoviridae
  • txid10699
  • txid10707
  • txid186765
  • txid187218

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-HJRT03L2-J

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