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Number of ATP consumed to pack DNA in capsid

Value	0.5 ATP/bp
Organism	Bacteriophage phi 29
Reference	Chemla YR, Aathavan K, Michaelis J, Grimes S, Jardine PJ, Anderson DL, Bustamante C. Mechanism of force generation of a viral DNA packaging motor. Cell. 2005 Sep 9122(5):683-92.PubMed ID16143101
Method	Bulk measurements
Entered by	Uri M
ID	103127