title: Evolution of P2-like phages and their impact on bacterial evolution.
abstract: The structural genes of P2-like phages are almost identical between different isolates of Escherichia coli, whereas the regulatory genes and host integration sites are more variable. The variation in P2-like phages infecting other gamma-proteobacteria is broader, but their structural genes seem to follow the evolution of their host bacteria. Taken together, this suggests that P2-like phages and their hosts are coevolving.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Microbiology, and Toxicology, University of Stockholm, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden. anders.nilsson@gmt.su.se
authors.forename: Anders S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Haggård-Ljungquist
mesh_terms: D017901:Bacteriophage P2 / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D020563:Gammaproteobacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins