Polyphage

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For the dietary behaviour term, see polyphagy.

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]

References

  1. ^ Lopez, J; Webster, RE (1983 May). "Morphogenesis of filamentous bacteriophage f1: orientation of extrusion and production of polyphage.". Virology 127 (1): 177–93. PMID 6858000. 



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