Structure and morphogenesis of bacteriophage T4

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2356-2370

  Leiman, P G ^a   Kanamaru, S ^a   Mesyanzhinov, V V ^b   Arisaka, F ^c   Rossmann, M G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage T4; Baseplate; Contractile tail; DNA packaging; Fibrous protein; Phage infection; Prolate head capsid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GENOMIC DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; HERPES VIRUS; HOST CELL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIRION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MORPHOGENESIS; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; DNA PACKAGING; DNA, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; VIRAL TAIL PROTEINS;

HERPESVIRIDAE;

EID: 0345256391     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-003-3072-1     Document Type: Review

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