The conformation of double-stranded DNA inside bacteriophages depends on capsid size and shape

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-248

  Petrov, Anton S ^a   Boz, Mustafa Burak ^a   Harvey, Stephen C ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophages; Coarse grained models; DNA conformations; Genome packaging

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PACKAGING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIMULATION; STRESS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIRUS CAPSID;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CAPSID; CAPSID PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DNA PACKAGING; GENOME, VIRAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

MIRIDAE;

EID: 35148817067     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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