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Interactions between DNA and coat protein in the structure and assembly of filamentous bacteriophage fd.
Nature - 1 Jan 2000
Hunter G J, Rowitch D H, Perham R N
Abstract excerpt
Bacteriophage fd is a class I filamentous virus (others are M13 and f1) that comprises a circular, single-stranded DNA molecule enclosed in a cylindrical protein sheath to form a flexible particle approximately 890 nm long and 7 nm in diameter. The viral DNA contains 6,408 nucleotides incorporating 10 genes, and the protein sheath is composed of about 2,700 major coat protein subunits in a shingled helical array,...
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