A balanced ratio of proteins from gene gand frameshift-extended gene GT is required for phage lambda tail assembly

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 425, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 3476-3487

  Xu, Jun ^a   Hendrix, Roger W ^a   Duda, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly chaperones; Bacteriophage assembly; Length regulation; Protein complex assembly; Protein protein interactions

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; COMPLEMENT; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS GENE;

BACTERIOPHAGE E; CAUDOVIRALES; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 84883291833     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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