Intrinsic versus imposed curvature in cyclical oligomers: The portal protein of bacteriophage SPP1

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 4785-4788

  Van Heel, Marin ^a,c   Orlova, Elena V ^a,b   Dube, Prakash ^a,b,c   Tavares, Paulo ^b  

^a FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage SPP1; Cryo electron microscopy; Cyclical oligomers; Portal protein; Protein symmetry

Indexed keywords

MONOMER; OLIGOMER; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029790463     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00858.x     Document Type: Article

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