Publication Date:
2015-07-08
Description:
Article Tailed bacteriophages translocate the genome into and out of the capsid through a portal protein assembly located between the phage s head and tail. Here Sun et al . provide a cryo-EM structure of the bacteriophage T4 portal protein assembly, suggesting the functions and evolution of the portal structure. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms8548 Authors: Lei Sun, Xinzheng Zhang, Song Gao, Prashant A. Rao, Victor Padilla-Sanchez, Zhenguo Chen, Siyang Sun, Ye Xiang, Sriram Subramaniam, Venigalla B. Rao, Michael G. Rossmann
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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