Sequence analysis of bacteriophage T4 DNA packaging/terminase genes 16 and 17 reveals a common ATPase center in the large subunit of viral terminases

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 4009-4021

  Mitchell, Michael S ^a   Matsuzaki, Shigenobu ^b   Imai, Shosuke ^b   Rao, Venigalla B ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HELICASE; POLYPEPTIDE; TERMINASE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS ENZYME;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; COLIPHAGE; DNA PACKAGING; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HERPES VIRUS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DNA VIRUSES; HERPESVIRIDAE; PROKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0037106323     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkf524     Document Type: Article

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