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Mapping the tail fiber as the receptor binding protein responsible for differential host specificity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophages PaP1 and JG004.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Le Shuai, He Xuesong, Tan Yinling, Huang Guangtao, Zhang Lin, Lux Renate, Shi Wenyuan, Hu Fuquan
Abstract excerpt
The first step in bacteriophage infection is recognition and binding to the host receptor, which is mediated by the phage receptor binding protein (RBP). Different RBPs can lead to differential host specificity. In many bacteriophages, such as Escherichia coli and Lactococcal phages, RBPs have been identified as the tail fiber or protruding baseplate proteins. However, the tail fiber-dependent host specificity in...
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