DNA packaging and delivery machines in tailed bacteriophages

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 237-243

  Johnson, John E ^a   Chiu, Wah ^b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PROTEIN P22;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA PACKAGING; GENE TARGETING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACILLUS PHAGES; BACTERIOPHAGE P22; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BACTERIOPHAGES; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA PACKAGING; DNA, VIRAL; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

MIRIDAE;

EID: 34147123766     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2007.03.011     Document Type: Review

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