Structure of bacteriophage T4 fibritin: A segmented coiled coil and the role of the C-terminal domain

Structure

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 789-798

  Tao, Yizhi ^a   Strelkov, Sergei V ^a,b   Mesyanzhinov, Vadim V ^b   Rossmann, Michael G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BACH INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage T4; Coiled coil; Fibritin; Oligomerization; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0031570687     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00233-5     Document Type: Article

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