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Polyphage

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Polyphage are genomic multimers of bacteriophage in which multiple viral particles are all encapsulated, one after the other, within the same set of coat proteins. This phenomenon is characteristic of filamentous phage.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Pratt, D. (1969). "Conditional lethal mutants of the small filamentous coliphage M13: II. Two genes for coat proteins". Virology. 39 (1): 42–53. doi:10.1016/0042-6822(69)90346-8. ISSN 0042-6822. PMID 5807970.
  2. ^ Lopez, J; Webster, RE (May 1983). "Morphogenesis of filamentous bacteriophage f1: orientation of extrusion and production of polyphage". Virology. 127 (1): 177–93. doi:10.1016/0042-6822(83)90382-3. PMID 6858000.