Phenomena and Processes

Microbiological Attachment Sites

Specific loci on both the bacterial DNA (attB) and the phage DNA (attP) which delineate the sites where recombination takes place between them, as the phage DNA becomes integrated (inserted) into the BACTERIAL DNA during LYSOGENY.

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Abstract

Specific loci on both the bacterial DNA (attB) and the phage DNA (attP) which delineate the sites where recombination takes place between them, as the phage DNA becomes integrated (inserted) into the BACTERIAL DNA during LYSOGENY.

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  • Att Attachment Sites
  • Attachment Site (Microbiology)
  • Attachment Sites (Microbiology)
  • Attachment Sites, Microbiological
  • Microbiologic Attachment Site
  • Microbiologic Attachment Sites
  • Att Attachment Site
  • Attachment Site, Att
  • Attachment Site, Microbiologic
  • Attachment Site, Microbiological
  • Attachment Sites, Att
  • Attachment Sites, Microbiologic
  • Microbiological Attachment Site
  • AttB Attachment Sites
  • AttP Attachment Sites
  • Attachment Site, Bacterial
  • Attachment Sites, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Attachment Site
  • Bacterial Attachment Sites
  • Phage Attachment Sites
  • AttB Attachment Site
  • AttP Attachment Site
  • Attachment Site, AttB
  • Attachment Site, AttP
  • Attachment Site, Phage
  • Attachment Sites, AttB
  • Attachment Sites, AttP
  • Attachment Sites, Phage
  • Phage Attachment Site

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Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, ethics, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.

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do not confuse with VIRUS ATTACHMENT or RECEPTORS, VIRUS

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2006 (1980)

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  • Coliphages (1966-1979)
  • DNA, Viral (1966-1979)
  • Lysogeny (1968-1979)
  • Recombination, Genetic (1968-1979)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Microbiological Attachment Sites. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001287. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001287
  2. Microbiological Attachment Sites. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71243060