| Range |
length 900 nm: thickness 6 nm - 10 nm
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| Organism |
Bacteriophage |
| Reference |
Iannolo G, Minenkova O, Petruzzelli R, Cesareni G. Modifying filamentous phage capsid: limits in the size of the major capsid protein. J Mol Biol. 1995 May 12 248(4):835-44 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1995.0264 p.835 right column bottom paragraphPubMed ID7752244
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| Primary Source |
Rasched, I. & Oberer, E. (1986). Ff coliphages: structural and functional relationship. Microbiol. Rev. 50, 401–427 AND Russel M. (1991). Filamentous phage assembly. Mol. Microbiol. 5, 1607–1613 AND Makowski, L. (1994). Phage display: structure, assembly and engineering of filamentous bacteriophage M13. Curr. Opinion Structural Biol. 4, 225–230 link PubMed ID3540571, 1943697
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| Method |
Primary source Russel 1991 abstract: "This review presents a description of the virion and its cytoplasmic precursor and summarizes the results of genetic and biochemical experiments that are beginning to elucidate the role of the three morphogenetic proteins." |
| Comments |
P.835 right column bottom paragraph: "Filamentous phage capsids appear as thin and flexible tubular structures 900 nm long and 6 to 10 nm thick (for reviews see primary sources)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
116952 |