Membrane insertion and assembly of epitope-tagged gp9 at the tip of the M13 phage

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Filamentous M13 phage extrude from infected <it>Escherichia coli </it>with a tip structure composed of gp7 and gp9. This tip structure is extended by the assembly of the filament composed of the major coat protein gp8. Fi...

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Main Authors: Kuhn Andreas, Ploss Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-09-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/11/211