The N-terminal ATPase site in the large terminase protein gp17 is critically required for DNA packaging in bacteriophage T4

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 314, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 401-411

  Rao, Venigalla B ^a   Mitchell, Michael S ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

ATPase; Combinatorial mutagenesis; DNA packaging; Virus assembly; Walker A motif

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP17; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING SITE; DNA PACKAGING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS GENOME;

UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0035976782     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5169     Document Type: Article

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