Structure of epsilon15 bacteriophage reveals genome organization and DNA packaging/injection apparatus

Nature

Volumn 439, Issue 7076, 2006, Pages 612-616

  Jiang, Wen ^a,c   Chang, Juan ^a   Jakana, Joanita ^a   Weigele, Peter ^b   King, Jonathan ^b   Chiu, Wah ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DNA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PROTEINS; VIRUSES;

BIOLOGICAL NANOMACHINES; CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDES; VIRAL GENOMES;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE EPSILON15; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA PACKAGING; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

DNA VIRUSES; SALMONELLA PHAGE;

EID: 31844435708     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04487     Document Type: Article

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