Bacteriophage mu
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.
Year introduced: 1993
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Tree Number(s): B04.123.150.500.260, B04.123.205.260, B04.280.090.500.260
MeSH Unique ID: D010583
Registry Number: txid2681603
Entry Terms:
- Coliphage mu
- Enterobacteria phage Mu
- mu Phage
- mu Phages
- Phage mu
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