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Bacteriophage P1
Definition 1
A double-stranded DNA virus that infects E. coli and other enteric bacteria. Additionally, this phage is used in molecular biotechnology as a cloning vector for eukaryotic DNA. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
An unassigned species of temperate bacteriophage in the family MYOVIRIDAE which infects E. coli. It is the largest of the coliphages and consists of double-stranded DNA, terminally redundant, and circularly permuted. (NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Definition 3
temperate tailed phagae; does not integrate into host chromosome; prophage resembles plasmid and replicates autonomously at low numbers. (NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
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