Experimental test of connector rotation during DNA packaging into bacteriophage phi29 capsids.

Experimental test of connector rotation during DNA packaging into bacteriophage phi29 capsids.

The bacteriophage phi29 generates large forces to compact its double-stranded DNA genome into a protein capsid by means of a portal motor complex. Several mechanical models for the generation of these high forces by the motor complex predict coupling of DNA translocation to rotation of the head-tail...

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Main Authors: Thorsten Hugel, Jens Michaelis, Craig L Hetherington, Paul J Jardine, Shelley Grimes, Jessica M Walter, Wayne Falk, Dwight L Anderson, Carlos Bustamante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-03-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050059

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050059

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