Defining the bacteriophage T4 DNA packaging machine: Evidence for a C-terminal DNA cleavage domain in the large terminase/packaging protein gp17

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-52

  Rentas, Francisco J ^a   Rao, Venigalla B ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Combinatorial mutagenesis; DNA packaging; Nuclease active site; Phage T4; Terminase

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; NUCLEASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN GP17; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA PACKAGING; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF;

EID: 0142226893     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.09.028     Document Type: Article

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