Structure of the connector of bacteriophage T7 at 8 Å resolution: Structural homologies of a basic component of a DNA translocating machinery

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 347, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 895-902

  Agirrezabala, Xabier ^a   Martín Benito, Jaime ^a   Valle, Mikel ^a   González, José M ^a   Valencia, Alfonso ^a   Valpuesta, José María ^a   Carrascosa, José L ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Connector structure; Cryo electron microscopy; DNA translocation; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; OLIGOMER;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS PHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE P22; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRUS GENE;

UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 15244343074     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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