Polymerization of bacteriophage T4 tail sheath protein mutants truncated at the C-termini

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 224-230

  Poglazov, Boris F ^a,b   Efimov, Andrei V ^c   Marco, Sergio ^b   Carrascosa, Jose ^b   Kuznetsova, Tanya A ^a   Aijrich, Larisa G ^a,c   Kurochkina, Lidia P ^a,c   Mesyanzhinov, Vadim V ^c  

^a BACH INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Assembly; Bacteriophage T4; Contractile tail; Polysheath; Protein engineering

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032730804     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1999.4164     Document Type: Article

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