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MeSH Heading: Bacteriophage mu
Tree Number(s): B04.123.150.500.260; B04.123.205.260; B04.280.090.500.260
Unique ID: D010583
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010583
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Coliphage mu; Enterobacteria phage Mu; Phage mu; mu Phage
Previous Indexing: Coliphages (1966-1979)
Public MeSH Note: 93; was PHAGE MU 1990-92; BACTERIOPHAGE MU was see PHAGE MU 1990-92, was see PHAGE MU 1 1980-89
Online Note: use BACTERIOPHAGE MU to search PHAGE MU 1990-92 & PHAGE MU 1 1980-89
History Note: 93; was PHAGE MU 1990-92; BACTERIOPHAGE MU was see PHAGE MU 1990-92, was see PHAGE MU 1 1980-89
Date Established: 1980/01/01
Date of Entry: 1979/04/16
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

Concept UI: M0016448
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Bacteriophage mu Preferred Term
Term UI T031248
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1980); Coliphage mu
Term UI T031249
Date04/16/1979
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Enterobacteria phage Mu
Term UI T430968
Date12/13/2000
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); mu Phage
Term UI T031250
Date04/16/1979
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Phage mu
Term UI T031251
Date10/09/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993)

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