Diversity of pili-specific bacteriophages: genome sequence of IncM plasmid-dependent RNA phage M

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Bacteriophages of the <it>Leviviridae</it> family are small RNA viruses with linear, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA genomes that encode only four proteins. All phages of this family require bacterial pili to attach t...

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Main Authors: Rumnieks Janis, Tars Kaspars
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-11-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/12/277