Bacteriophage P2

Overview

Journal Bacteriophage

Date 2016 May 5

PMID 27144088

Citations 32

Authors

Gail E Christie

Richard Calendar

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Abstract

P2 is the original member of a highly successful family of temperate phages that are frequently found in the genomes of gram-negative bacteria. This article focuses on the organization of the P2 genome and reviews current knowledge about the function of each open reading frame.

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