The bacteriophage φ29 head-tail connector imaged at high resolution with the atomic force microscope in buffer solution

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2547-2553

  Müller, Daniel J ^a,b   Engel, Andreas ^a   Carrascosa, José L ^c   Vélez, Marisela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

29 connectors; Atomic force microscopy; Conformational change; Three dimensional structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BUFFER; CAPSID PROTEIN; PORTAL PROTEIN, BACTERIOPHAGE PHI29; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL; DNA PACKAGING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FORCE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BACILLUS PHAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GENETICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRUS CAPSID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE PHI29;

BACILLUS PHAGES; CAPSID; CAPSID PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0343811707     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.10.2547     Document Type: Article

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