Novel mutants in the 5' upstream region of the portal protein gene 20 overcome a gp40-dependent prohead assembly block in bacteriophage T4

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 539-550

  Yap, Nida L ^a   Rao, Venigalla Basaveswara ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage T4; Bypass mutants; Chaperone; Portal protein; Prohead assembly

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GLYCOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE;

MIRIDAE; T4 BACTERIOPHAGE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0030575801     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0597     Document Type: Article

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