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.
Synonyms: mu Phage, txid2681603, Bacteriophage mu, Phage mu, Coliphage mu, mu Phages, Enterobacteria phage Mu
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93; was PHAGE MU 1990-92; BACTERIOPHAGE MU was see PHAGE MU 1990-92, was see PHAGE MU 1 1980-89 ,use BACTERIOPHAGE MU to search PHAGE MU 1990-92 & PHAGE MU 1 1980-89
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D010583