Mutations that eliminate the requirement for the vertex protein in bacteriophage T4 capsid assembly.

doi:10.1016/0022-2836(92)90547-w

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Mutations that eliminate the requirement for the vertex protein in bacteriophage T4 capsid assembly.

Journal of molecular biology - 5 Apr 1992

Johnson K, Condie B, Mooney D T, Doermann A H

Abstract excerpt

The capsid of bacteriophage T4 is composed of two essential structural proteins, gp23, the major constituent of the capsid, and gp24, a less prevalent protein that is located in the pentameric vertices of the capsid. gp24 is required both to stabilize the capsid and to allow it to be further matu...

Topics

Alleles
Capsid
Capsid Proteins
Cloning, Molecular
Models, Molecular
Mutation
Nucleotide Mapping
Phenotype
Recombination, Genetic
T-Phages
Ultraviolet Rays

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