Molecular anatomy of the receptor binding module of a bacteriophage long tail fiber.

Tailed bacteriophages (phages) are one of the most abundant life forms on Earth. They encode highly efficient molecular machines to infect bacteria, but the initial interactions between a phage and a bacterium that then lead to irreversible virus attachment and infection are poorly understood. This...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Z Islam, Andrei Fokine, Marthandan Mahalingam, Zhihong Zhang, Carmela Garcia-Doval, Mark J van Raaij, Michael G Rossmann, Venigalla B Rao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-12-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008193