Structure of bacteriophage SPP1 tail reveals trigger for DNA ejection

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 3720-3728

  Plisson, Celia ^a   White, Helen E ^a   Auzat, Isabelle ^b   Zafarani, Amineh ^a   São José, Carlos ^c   Lhuillier, Sophie ^b   Tavares, Paulo ^b   Orlova, Elena V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage SPP1; Electron microscopy; Signal transmission; Siphoviridae; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TAIL; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA, VIRAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SIPHOVIRIDAE;

EID: 34547732899     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601786     Document Type: Article

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