Helical packaging of semiflexible polymers in bacteriophages

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 497-505

  Metzler, Ralf ^a   Dommersnes, Paul G ^b  

^a NORDITA   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage ; DNA and RNA; DNA packaging; Phage capsid

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; POLYMER; VIRUS DNA;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY; DNA PACKAGING; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTROPY; HOST CELL; MODEL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; SCREENING; SIMULATION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VISCOELASTICITY;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BIOPOLYMERS; CAPSID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA, VIRAL; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 5644277797     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-003-0385-9     Document Type: Article

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