Structural and functional studies of the phage Sf6 terminase small subunit reveal a DNA-spooling device facilitated by structural plasticity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 423, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 413-426

  Zhao, Haiyan ^a   Kamau, Yvonne N ^a   Christensen, Theodore E ^a   Tang, Liang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteriophage; DNA packaging; nucleoprotein complex; terminase; virus assembly

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CURVED DNA; GLUTAMINE; GP1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA HELIX; DNA PACKAGING; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DNA VIRUSES; SHIGELLA;

EID: 84867041485     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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