Icosahedral Tailed dsDNA Bacterial Viruses

Encyclopedia of Virology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 30-37

  Duda, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsid; Caudovirales; Contractile tail; DNA injection; DNA packaging; Major capsid protein; Myoviridae; Podoviridae; Siphoviridae; Tail; Tail fiber; Temperate phage; Virulent phage

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958041749     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012374410-4.00754-8     Document Type: Chapter

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