Structure of the T4 baseplate and its function in triggering sheath contraction

Nature

Volumn 533, Issue , 2016, Pages 346-352

  Taylor, Nicholas M I ^a   Prokhorov, Nikolai S ^a,b   Guerrero Ferreira, Ricardo C ^a   Shneider, Mikhail M ^a,c   Browning, Christopher ^a,e   Goldie, Kenneth N ^d   Stahlberg, Henning ^d   Leiman, Petr G ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b WINOGRADSKY INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CONTRACTION; PROTEIN; SECRETION; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T4; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

VIRUS PROTEIN;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84969983952     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature17971     Document Type: Article

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