P22 Bacteriophage Portal: The Conduit for DNA Packaging and Release
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Peering down the barrel of a bacteriophage portal: the genome packaging and release valve in p22.
The encapsidated genome in all double-strand DNA bacteriophages is packaged to liquid crystalline density through a unique vertex in the procapsid assembly intermediate, which has a portal protein dodecamer in place of five coat protein subunits. The portal orchestrates DNA packaging and exit, through a series of varying interactions with the scaffolding, terminase, and closure proteins. Here, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Microscopy and Microanalysis
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1431-9276,1435-8115
DOI: 10.1017/s1431927611001371