Structure and assembly of phage Φ29
- 30 November 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences
- Vol. 276 (943) , 29-35
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1976.0095
Abstract
Bacteriophage Φ29 is a small, morphologically complex, virus with a DNA of molecular mass 12 x 10 6 . The most likely structure of the head of Φ29 consists of two fivefold symmetric end-caps based on T = 1 icosahedral symmetry, separated by an equatorial row of 5 hexamers. The eighteen genes identified in Φ29 genome have been mapped and, in some cases, the gene products have been identified. Five linked genes, four coding for structural proteins (G, A, E, H) and one coding for a non-structural protein (J), are essential to determine the normal shape of the capsid. Protein pJ may be a scaffolding protein. An account of the effects of mutations in Φ29 genes is given.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Structure of Bacillus subtilis Bacteriophage φ29 and the Length of φ29 Deoxyribonucleic AcidJournal of Bacteriology, 1966
- The shape of the T-even bacteriophage headVirology, 1965