Localization of the Houdinisome (Ejection Proteins) inside the Bacteriophage P22 Virion by Bubblegram Imaging
The P22 capsid is a T=7 icosahedrally symmetric protein shell with a portal protein dodecamer at one 5-fold vertex. Extending outwards from that vertex is a short tail, and putatively extending inwards is a 15-nm-long α-helical barrel formed by the C-terminal domains of portal protein subunits. In a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2016-08-01
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Series: | mBio |
Online Access: | http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/4/e01152-16 |