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Sequential action of six virus-encoded DNA-packaging RNAs during phage phi29 genomic DNA translocation.
Journal of virology - 1 May 1997
Chen C, Guo P
Abstract excerpt
A 120-base pRNA encoded by bacteriophage b29 has a novel and essential role in genomic DNA packaging. Six DNA-packaging RNAs (pRNAs) were bound to the sixfold symmetrical portal vertex of procapsids during the DNA translocation process and left the procapsid after the DNA-packaging reaction was completed, suggesting that the pRNA participated in the translocation of genomic DNA into procapsids. To further...
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