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Descriptor English: Bacteriophage T4
Descriptor Spanish: Bacteriófago T4
Descriptor bacteriófago T4
Scope note: Bacteriófago virulento y especie tipo del género de fagos similares a T4, de la familia MYOVIRIDAE. Infecta a E. coli y es el mejor conocido de los fagos T-even (colas pares). Su virión contiene ADN lineal de doble hebra, terminalmente redundante y permutado circularmente.
Descriptor Portuguese: Bacteriófago T4
Descriptor French: Bactériophage T4
Entry term(s): Bacteriophage T2
Coliphage T2
Coliphage T4
Enterobacteria phage T2
Enterobacteria phage T4
Phage T2
Phage T4
Phage, T2
Phage, T4
Phages, T2
Phages, T4
T2 Phage
T2 Phages
T2, Enterobacteria phage
T4 Phage
T4 Phages
Tree number(s): B04.123.150.500.350
B04.123.205.891.200
B04.280.090.500.350
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017122
Scope note: Virulent bacteriophage and type species of the genus T4-like phages, in the family MYOVIRIDAE. It infects E. coli and is the best known of the T-even phages. Its virion contains linear double-stranded DNA, terminally redundant and circularly permuted.
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
Previous Indexing: Coliphages (1966-1979)
T-Phages (1980-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 1993; for BACTERIOPHAGE T2 see MYOVIRIDAE 1994-2001
History Note: 1993; for BACTERIOPHAGE T2 use MYOVIRIDAE 1994-2001
DeCS ID: 30814
Unique ID: D017122
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/07
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Bacteriophage T4 - Preferred
Concept UI M0026015
Scope note Virulent bacteriophage and type species of the genus T4-like phages, in the family MYOVIRIDAE. It infects E. coli and is the best known of the T-even phages. Its virion contains linear double-stranded DNA, terminally redundant and circularly permuted.
Preferred term Bacteriophage T4
Entry term(s) Coliphage T4
Enterobacteria phage T4
Phage T4
Phage, T4
Phages, T4
T4 Phage
T4 Phages
Bacteriophage T2 - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0027040
Scope note A probable strain of BACTERIOPHAGE T4.
Preferred term Bacteriophage T2
Entry term(s) Coliphage T2
Enterobacteria phage T2
Phage T2
Phage, T2
Phages, T2
T2 Phage
T2 Phages
T2, Enterobacteria phage



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