The bacteriophage T4 DNA injection machine

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-180

  Rossmann, Michael G ^a   Mesyanzhinov, Vadim V ^b   Arisaka, Fumio ^c   Leiman, Petr 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; Cryo EM; Electron cryomicroscopy; Electron microscopy; EM; Gene product; gp; OB fold; Oligonucleotide oligosaccharide binding fold; Phage; Phage T4 lysozyme; T4L

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; LYSOZYME;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; DNA TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; VIRUS CAPSID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GENES, VIRAL; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VIRAL TAIL PROTEINS;

UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 1842839789     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2004.02.001     Document Type: Review

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