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  • Title: Viral DNA packaging studied by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy.
    Author: Sabanayagam CR, Oram M, Lakowicz JR, Black LW.
    Journal: Biophys J; 2007 Aug 15; 93(4):L17-9. PubMed ID: 17557791.
    Abstract:
    The DNA packaging machinery of bacteriophage T4 was studied in vitro using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. The ATP-dependent translocation kinetics of labeled DNA from the bulk solution, to the phage interior, was measured by monitoring the accompanied decrease in DNA diffusibility. It was found that multiple short DNA fragments (100 basepairs) can be sequentially packaged by an individual phage prohead. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer between green fluorescent protein donors within the phage interior and acceptor-labeled DNA was used to confirm DNA packaging. Without ATP, no packaging was observed, and there was no evidence of substrate association with the prohead.
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