The bacteriophage φ29 portal motor can package DNA against a large internal force

Nature

Volumn 413, Issue 6857, 2001, Pages 748-752

  Smith, Douglas E ^a   Tans, Sander J ^a   Smith, Steven B ^a   Grimes, Shelley ^b   Anderson, Dwight L ^b   Bustamante, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; CELLS; DNA; ELECTROSTATICS; ENTROPY; GENES;

MOLECULAR MOTORS;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MICROSPHERE; MOLECULAR MOTOR; VIRUS DNA;

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOPHAGE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; VELOCITY; BACILLUS PHAGE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE PHI29; MIRIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

BACILLUS PHAGES; BIOMECHANICS; DNA, VIRAL; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, GENETIC; OPTICS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0035909370     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35099581     Document Type: Article

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