A virus DNA gate: Zipping and unzipping the packed viral genome

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 8403-8404

  Rao, Venigalla B ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA PACKAGING; GENE TARGETING; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRION; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS GENOME;

BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 66649131652     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903670106     Document Type: Note

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