From Orphan Phage to a Proposed New Family–the Diversity of N4-Like Viruses

Escherichia phage N4 was isolated in 1966 in Italy and has remained a genomic orphan for a long time. It encodes an extremely large virion-associated RNA polymerase unique for bacterial viruses that became characteristic for this group. In recent years, due to new and relatively inexpensive sequenci...

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Main Authors: Johannes Wittmann, Dann Turner, Andrew D. Millard, Padmanabhan Mahadevan, Andrew M. Kropinski, Evelien M. Adriaenssens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
N4
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/9/10/663