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  • Title: Three-dimensional structure of the bacteriophage P22 tail machine.
    Author: Tang L, Marion WR, Cingolani G, Prevelige PE, Johnson JE.
    Journal: EMBO J; 2005 Jun 15; 24(12):2087-95. PubMed ID: 15933718.
    Abstract:
    The tail of the bacteriophage P22 is composed of multiple protein components and integrates various biological functions that are crucial to the assembly and infection of the phage. The three-dimensional structure of the P22 tail machine determined by electron cryo-microscopy and image reconstruction reveals how the five types of polypeptides present as 51 subunits are organized into this molecular machine through twelve-, six- and three-fold symmetry, and provides insights into molecular events during host cell attachment and phage DNA translocation.
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