The tail structure of bacteriophage T4 and its mechanism of contraction

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 810-813

  Kostyuchenko, Victor A ^a   Chipman, Paul R ^a   Leiman, Petr G ^a   Arisaka, Fumio ^b   Mesyanzhinov, Vadim V ^c   Rossmann, Michael G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; CYTOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 26944500906     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb975     Document Type: Article

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