Concept information
Preferred term
Bacteriophage mu
Type
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Definition
- A temperate coliphage, in the genus Mu-like viruses, family MYOVIRIDAE, composed of a linear, double-stranded molecule of DNA, which is able to insert itself randomly at any point on the host chromosome. It frequently causes a mutation by interrupting the continuity of the bacterial OPERON at the site of insertion.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Coliphage mu
- Enterobacteria phage Mu
- mu Phage
- Phage mu
- txid2681603
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- drug effects (Qualifier)
- enzymology (Qualifier)
- genetics (Qualifier)
- growth & development (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- isolation & purification (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- pathogenicity (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- ultrastructure (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Coliphage mu
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Phage mu
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Phage mu des entérobactéries
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txid2681603
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-L7V1H15L-G
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