Biology:Mycobacterium virus L5
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Short description: Species of virus
| Mycobacterium virus L5 | |
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Duplodnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Heunggongvirae |
| Phylum: | Uroviricota |
| Class: | Caudoviricetes |
| Order: | Caudovirales |
| Family: | Siphoviridae |
| Genus: | Fromanvirus |
| Species: | Mycobacterium virus L5
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Mycobacterium virus L5 is a bacteriophage known to infect bacterial species of the genus Mycobacterium, including Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The viral effect on these species plays an important role in vaccine development and research on Mycobacteria pathogenic properties.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Hatfull, Graham F.; Sarkis, Gary J. (1 February 1993). "DNA sequence, structure and gene expression of mycobacteriophage L5: a phage system for mycobacterial genetics". Molecular Microbiology 7 (3): 395–405. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb01131.x. PMID 8459766.
- ↑ Lee, M. H.; Pascopella, L.; Jacobs, W. R.; Hatfull, G. F. (15 April 1991). "Site-specific integration of mycobacteriophage L5: integration-proficient vectors for Mycobacterium smegmatis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and bacille Calmette-Guerin.". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 88 (8): 3111–3115. doi:10.1073/pnas.88.8.3111. PMID 1901654. Bibcode: 1991PNAS...88.3111L.
Wikidata ☰ Q16986091 entry
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