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VIRUS RESEARCH
Volume 139, Issue 1, Pages 131-134Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2008.10.005
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Bacteriophage; Genome
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophage (phage) is one of the most taxonomically and genetically diverse phages. Although phage D3 is one of well-studied P. aeruginosa phages, no D3-related P. aeruginosa phage has been reported. We report a novel P. aeruginosa siphovirus, PAJU2, which is genetically related to but morphology distinct (highly elongated head) from phage D3. A PAJU2 capsid protein, Orf3, is thought to be synthesized as a protein fused to a prohead protease and is autocatalytically cleaved, which may form the head chain mail. Despite such Morphological differences, PAJU2 is expected to be a useful genetic reference for phage D3. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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