Number of coat protein molecules per viral particle
| Value | 180 molecules/particle |
|---|---|
| Organism | Bacteriophage MS2 |
| Reference | Grosjean H, Fiers W. Preferential codon usage in prokaryotic genes: the optimal codon-anticodon interaction energy and the selective codon usage in efficiently expressed genes. Gene. 1982 Jun18(3):199-209. p.200 right column top paragraphPubMed ID6751939 |
| Primary Source | Fiers, W.: Structure and function of RNA bacteriophages, in Fraenkel-Conrat, H. and Wagner, R.R. (Eds.), Comprehensive Virology, Vol. 13, Plenum, New York, 1979, pp. 69-203. |
| Comments | "Upon infection, the phage message has to be translated efficiently and accurately to rapidly impose its genetic blueprint on the host cell: in the case of MS2 RNA the burst size in E. coli is 5000 to 10000 pfu per cell. and each virus particle contains 180 coat protein molecules (primary source)." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 109051 |