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Purification and functional characterization of phiX174 lysis protein E.
Biochemistry - 9 Jun 2009
Zheng Yi, Struck Douglas K, Young Ry
Abstract excerpt
Two classes of bacteriophages, the single-stranded DNA Microviridae and the single-stranded RNA Alloleviviridae, accomplish lysis by expressing "protein antibiotics", or polypeptides that inhibit cell wall biosynthesis. Previously, we have provided genetic and physiological evidence that E, a 91-amino acid membrane protein encoded by the prototype microvirus, varphiX174, is a specific inhibitor of the translocase...
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