Phage (disambiguation)

Phage is the shortened form of bacteriophage, a virus that infects bacteria.

Phage (from Greek φαγεῖν phagein, 'to eat') may also refer to:

In virology:

• Enterobacteria phage T2, virulent bacteriophage of the T4-like viruses genus
• Enterobacteria phage T4, phage that infects E. coli bacteria
• Lambda phage, temperate bacteriophage that infects Escherichia coli
• M13 phage, filamentous bacteriophage composed of circular single stranded DNA
• P22 phage, virus that infects salmonella
• Phi-X174 phage, the first organism to have its genome sequenced
• Pseudomonas phage Φ6, the best-studied bacteriophage of the family Cystoviridae
• T7 phage, phage capable of infecting susceptible bacterial cells

In molecular biology:

• Phage display, test to screen for protein interactions by integrating multiple genes from a gene bank into phages
• Phage ecology, the study of the interaction of bacteriophage with their environments
• Phage monographs, books published on the topic of bacteriophage
• Phage therapy, alternative disease treatment to antibiotics

In cellular biology:

• Phagocyte, a cell that ingests foreign cells, viruses, and debris
• Macrophage, a large phagocyte that originates from a monocyte

In other fields:

• "Phage" (Voyager episode), the fifth episode of the television series Star Trek: Voyager
• Phage (comics), supervillain from the Spider-Man comic books
• Phages, monsters of the day in the final season of Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars
• Phage, the Untouchable, a character from Magic: the Gathering
• Phages, an EP by Canadian rock group The Most Serene Republic
• Phage, a computer virus affecting the Palm OS operating system
• Phages, or Knights of Avalon, are generically-engineered humans in the novel Dances on the Snow, trained from an early age to fight any threat to the Human Empire.

See also

• Fage (disambiguation)
• page (disambiguation)

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