A common evolutionary origin for tailed-bacteriophage functional modules and bacterial machineries

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 423-433

  Veesler, David ^a   Cambillau, Christian ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; CAPSID PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIOPHAGE; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOCINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80052206993     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: 10985557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00014-11     Document Type: Review

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