《英文msh詞典》mu Phages
[入口詞] mu Phages
[主題詞] Bacteriophage mu
[英文釋義] A temperate coliphage,in the genus Mu-like Viruses,family MYOVIRIDAE,composed of a linear,double-stranded molecule of DNA,which is able to insert itself randomly at any point on the host chromosome. It frequently causes a mutation by interrupting the continuity of the bacterial operon at the site of insertion.