Sequential action of six virus-encoded DNA-packaging RNAs during phage phi29 genomic DNA translocation.

doi:10.1128/JVI.71.5.3864-3871.1997

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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 c...

Topics

Bacillus Phages
Base Sequence
Biological Transport
DNA, Viral
Genetic Complementation Test
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
RNA, Viral
Virus Assembly

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