Structure and function of bacteriophage T4

Future Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1319-1337

  Yap, Moh Lan ^a   Rossmann, Michael G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assembly; bacteriophage T4; baseplate; contractile tail; genome packaging; T4 infection

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA PACKAGING; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T4; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYOVIRIDAE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS GENOME;

CAUDOVIRALES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYOVIRIDAE;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME, VIRAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84919828897     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.14.91     Document Type: Review

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