A symmetry mismatch at the site of RNA packaging in the polymerase complex of dsRNA bacteriophage φ6

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 294, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 357-372

  De Haas, Felix ^a   Paatero, Anja O ^b   Mindich, Leonard ^c   Bamford, Dennis H ^b   Fuller, Stephen D ^a,d  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryo electron microscopy; dsRNA viruses; Packaging; Symmetry mismatch; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BASE MISPAIRING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REOVIRUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DSRNA VIRUSES; REOVIRIDAE; REOVIRUS SP.; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0033607480     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3260     Document Type: Article

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