Capsid localization of the bacteriophage P4 Psu protein.

doi:10.1006/viro.1993.1308

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Capsid localization of the bacteriophage P4 Psu protein.

Virology - 1 Jun 1993

Dokland T, Isaksen M L, Fuller S D, Lindqvist B H

Abstract excerpt

In addition to its polarity-suppressing activity, the Psu protein of bacteriophage P4 also serves to stabilize the capsid against heat treatment and binds externally to the phage capsid. However, the heat stability is lost upon purification of the virus, indicating a loss of Psu protein from the...

Topics

Capsid
Capsid Proteins
Coliphages
Cryopreservation
Defective Viruses
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Microscopy, Electron
Models, Structural
Mutation
Virion

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