Filamentous bacteriophage fd

Filamentous bacteriophage fd
Virus classification
Group: Group II (ssDNA)
Family: Inoviridae
Genus: Inovirus

Filamentous bacteriophage fd is a type of filamentous bacteriophage known to infect Escherichia coli. It shares many structural and genomic similarities with Enterobacteria phage M13.[1]

Phage fd engineered to display immunogenic peptides may be useful as vaccines.[2]

References

  1. Morag, O; Abramov, G; Goldbourt, A (Dec 29, 2011). "Similarities and differences within members of the Ff family of filamentous bacteriophage viruses.". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 115 (51): 15370–9. doi:10.1021/jp2079742. PMID 22085310.
  2. Prisco, Antonella; de Berardinis, Piergiuseppe (24 April 2012). "Filamentous Bacteriophage Fd as an Antigen Delivery System in Vaccination". International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 13 (4): 5179–5194. doi:10.3390/ijms13045179.

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