Enterobacteria phage T4

Enterobacteria phage T4

T4 phage
Scale 1 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 1
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Virus, Group I, Caudovirales

6 POINTS

Play: T4 Phage is a PARASITE of (any) E. coli card.
Play: 2 T4 phage cards played under 1 E. coli card will result in the discard of all 3 cards.
Play: A T4 phage and an E. coli can be played together as a single action.

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Enterobacteria phage T4 is a bacteriophage that infects E. coli bacteria. Its DNA is 169-170 kbp long, and is held in an icosahedral head. T4 is a relatively large phage, at approximately 90 nm wide and 200 nm long (most phages range from 25 to 200 nm in length). Its tail fibres allow attachment to a host […] read more
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Enterobacteria phage T4 is a bacteriophage that infects E. coli bacteria. Its DNA is 169-170 kbp long, and is held in an icosahedral head. T4 is a relatively large phage, at approximately 90 nm wide and 200 nm long (most phages range from 25 to 200 nm in length). Its tail fibres allow attachment to a host cell, and the T4’s tail is hollow so that it can pass its nucleic acid to the cell it is infecting during attachment. T4 is only capable of undergoing a lytic lifecycle and not the lysogenic life cycle.

(From Wikipedia, April 25, 2010)

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