FORM DETERMINATION OF THE HEADS OF BACTERIOPHAGES

被引：60

作者：

KELLENBERGER, E

机构：

[1] Department of Microbiology, University of Basel

来源：

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY | 1990年 / 190卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1111/j.1432-1033.1990.tb15568.x

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

The shape of the DNA‐containing heads of many bacteriophages is not only determined by the properties of the protein subunits which build the shell (capsid) but also by the scaffolding core which is a transient structure of the prohead. The form‐determining properties of the scaffolding proteins have been characterized by genetic methods based on conditional mutants and site‐directed mutagenesis. The mechanism of form determination has been studied by in vitro assembly experiments. The theoretical background is discussed and different models for mechanisms of form determination are considered. Definitive decisions about the validity of a model is still limited by the difficulty of obtaining unambiguous answers on the stoichiometry and the fine structure of the scaffold because of their high instability. Copyright © 1990, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

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页码：233 / 248

页数：16

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