Viral DNA packaging motors

Comprehensive Biophysics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 420-446

  Hetherington, C L ^a   Moffitt, J R ^a,b   Jardine, P J ^c   Bustamante, C ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ATPase; Bacteriophage; DNA translocation; Mechanochemistry; Molecular motor; Optical tweezers; Single molecule; Terminase; Viral packaging; Virus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870025821     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374920-8.00431-8     Document Type: Chapter

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