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Mu Phage

Mu Phage Medical Condition Defined & Explained
Mu Phage Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Mu Phage?

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.

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