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Structure of a headful DNA-packaging bacterial virus at 2.89 Angstrom resolution by electron cryo-microscopy
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SUBMITTER: Liang Tang
PROVIDER: EMPIAR-13217 | biostudies-other |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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Structure of a headful DNA-packaging bacterial virus at 2.9 Å resolution by electron cryo-microscopy.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20170320 14
The enormous prevalence of tailed DNA bacteriophages on this planet is enabled by highly efficient self-assembly of hundreds of protein subunits into highly stable capsids. These capsids can stand with an internal pressure as high as ∼50 atmospheres as a result of the phage DNA-packaging process. Here we report the complete atomic model of the headful DNA-packaging bacteriophage Sf6 at 2.9 Å resolution determined by electron cryo-microscopy. The structure reveals the DNA-inflated, tensed state o ...[more]