The bacteriophage Φ29 packaging proteins supercoil the DNA ends

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 901-914

  Grimes, Shelley ^a   Anderson, Dwight ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage 29; DNA maturation; DNA packaging proteins; DNA supercoiling; DNA topology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA PACKAGING; DNA SUPERCOILING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC CODE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BACILLUS PHAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACILLUS PHAGES; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA, VIRAL; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0031567019     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0843     Document Type: Article

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