A promiscuous DNA packaging machine from bacteriophage T4

PLoS Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Zhihong ^a   Kottadiel, Vishal I ^a   Vafabakhsh, Reza ^b   Dai, Li ^a   Chemla, Yann R ^b   Ha, Taekjip ^b,c   Rao, Venigalla B ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FRAGMENT; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; DNA PACKAGING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; VIRUS GENOME; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS CAPSID;

DNA VIRUSES; MIRIDAE;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CAPSID; DNA PACKAGING; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 79952264222     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000592     Document Type: Article

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