Structure of a viral DNA gatekeeper at 10 Å resolution by cryo-electron microscopy

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1255-1262

  Orlova, Elena V ^a,d   Gowen, Brent ^a,e   Dröge, Anja ^b,f   Stiege, Asita ^b   Weise, Frank ^b,g   Lurz, Rudi ^b   Van Heel, Marin ^a   Tavares, Paulo ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CryoEd   (Canada)

^f MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage SPP1; Connector; Cyclical oligomers; Electron cryo microscopy; Portal protein

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA PACKAGING; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS PHAGES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CAPSID; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA, VIRAL; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; PYRONIA TITHONUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0037451286     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg123     Document Type: Article

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