- Concept UI
- M0016448
- Registry Numbers
- txid2681603
- 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
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Bacteriophage mu
Preferred Term
Term UI
T031248
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1980)
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Coliphage mu
Term UI
T031249
Date04/16/1979
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
UNK (19XX)
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Enterobacteria phage Mu
Term UI
T430968
Date12/13/2000
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (2002)
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mu Phage
Term UI
T031250
Date04/16/1979
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
UNK (19XX)
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Phage mu
Term UI
T031251
Date10/09/1991
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1993)