Virus DNA translocation: Progress towards a first ascent of mount pretty difficult

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-4

  Maluf, Nasib K ^a   Feiss, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN P20; VIRUS DNA;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; DNA PACKAGING; DNA VIRUS; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRION;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CAPSID; CAPSID PROTEINS; DNA PACKAGING; DNA, VIRAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 33745194353     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05214.x     Document Type: Review

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