In vivo studies of genomic packaging in the dsRNA bacteriophage Φ8

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Φ8 is a bacteriophage containing a genome of three segments of double-stranded RNA inside a polyhedral capsid enveloped in a lipid-containing membrane. Plus strand RNA binds and is packaged by empty procapsids. Whereas Φ6, another me...

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Main Authors: Mindich Leonard, Qiao Xueying, Qiao Jian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-03-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/5/10