Multiple conformational states of the bacteriophage T4 capsid surface lattice induced when expansion occurs without prior cleavage

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-82

  Kocsis, Eva ^a   Greenstone, Heather L ^a   Locke, Emily G ^a   Kessel, Martin ^a   Steven, Alasdair C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; VIRUS CAPSID;

EID: 0030726730     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1996.3833     Document Type: Article

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