Challenging packaging limits and infectivity of phage λ

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 415, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 263-273

  Nurmemmedov, Elmar ^a,e   Castelnovo, Martin ^b   Medina, Elizabeth ^c   Catalano, Carlos Enrique ^c   Evilevitch, Alex ^a,d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteriophage lambda; DNA packaging; pressure; terminase

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; DNA PACKAGING; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRION; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS PLAQUE; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE LAMBDA; MIRIDAE;

EID: 84855819055     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.11.015     Document Type: Article

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