Sequential headful packaging and fate of the cleaved DNA ends in bacteriophage SPP1

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 264, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 954-967

  Tavares, Paulo ^a   Lurz, Rudi ^a   Stiege, Asita ^a   Rückert, Beate ^a   Trautner, Thomas A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage SPP1; Connector; DNA ejection; DNA packaging; Virus structure

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; DNA FRAGMENT; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA DENATURATION; DNA PACKAGING; DNA TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRION; VIRUS CAPSID;

EID: 0030596178     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0689     Document Type: Article

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