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Bacteriophage P1
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Definition
: A species of temperate bacteriophage in the genus P1-like viruses, family MYOVIRIDAE, which infects E. coli. It is the largest of the COLIPHAGES and consists of double-stranded DNA, terminally redundant, and circularly permuted.
Other names
Phage P1; P1 Phage; Enterobacteria phage P1; Coliphage P1; Phages, P1; Phage, P1; P1 Phages
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DNA restriction enzyme EcoPI
EC 3.1.21.-
*Deoxyribonucleases, Type III Site-Specific
Bacteriophage P1.
J Mol Biol 1995 Apr 7;247(4):559-67