A touch of glue to complete bacteriophage assembly: The tail-to-head joining protein (THJP) family

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1164-1178

  Auzat, Isabelle ^a   Petitpas, Isabelle ^a   Lurz, Rudi ^b   Weise, Frank ^b,c   Tavares, Paulo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN GP17; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COLIPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VIRION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS PARTICLE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE LAMBDA; MIRIDAE;

BACILLUS PHAGES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PROTEIN BINDING; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84896706638     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12526     Document Type: Article

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