Tailed bacteriophages: the order Caudovirales

HW Ackermann - Advances in virus research, 1998 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the common properties of tailed phages and
potential criteria for their classification as an order and situating tailed phages with respect to …

Bacteriophage-mediated horizontal gene transfer: transduction

CL Schneider - Bacteriophages: biology, technology, therapy, 2021 - Springer
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) can create tremendous genetic diversity in organisms,
especially those which reproduce asexually. The three classical mechanisms for HGT in …

PhageTerm: a tool for fast and accurate determination of phage termini and packaging mechanism using next-generation sequencing data

JR Garneau, F Depardieu, LC Fortier, D Bikard… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The worrying rise of antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria is leading to a renewed
interest in bacteriophages as a treatment option. Novel sequencing technologies enable …

The bacteriophage DNA packaging motor

VB Rao, M Feiss - Annual review of genetics, 2008 - annualreviews.org
An ATP-powered DNA translocation machine encapsidates the viral genome in the large
dsDNA bacteriophages. The essential components include the empty shell, prohead, and …

Structure and function of bacteriophage T4

ML Yap, MG Rossmann - Future microbiology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Bacteriophage T4 is the most well-studied member of Myoviridae, the most complex family of
tailed phages. T4 assembly is divided into three independent pathways: the head, the tail …

The UL6 gene product forms the portal for entry of DNA into the herpes simplex virus capsid

WW Newcomb, RM Juhas, DR Thomsen… - Journal of …, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
During replication of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), viral DNA is synthesized in the
infected cell nucleus, where DNA-free capsids are also assembled. Genome-length DNA …

Detailed architecture of a DNA translocating machine: the high-resolution structure of the bacteriophage φ29 connector particle

A Guasch, J Pous, B Ibarra, FX Gomis-Rüth… - Journal of molecular …, 2002 - Elsevier
The three-dimensional crystal structure of the bacteriophage φ29 connector has been
solved and refined to 2.1 Å resolution. This 422 kDa oligomeric protein connects the head of …

The Generalized Transducing Salmonella Bacteriophage ES18: Complete Genome Sequence and DNA Packaging Strategy

SR Casjens, EB Gilcrease, DA Winn-Stapley… - Journal of …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
The generalized transducing double-stranded DNA bacteriophage ES18 has an icosahedral
head and a long noncontractile tail, and it infects both rough and smooth Salmonella …

Phage DNA packaging

H Fujisawa, M Morita - Genes to Cells, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Phage DNA packaging occurs by DNA translocation into a preformed protein shell—a
prohead—with the aid of a packaging enzyme or a terminase. The packaging enzyme is …

RNA nanotechnology: engineering, assembly and applications in detection, gene delivery and therapy

P Guo - Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
Biological macromolecules including DNA, RNA, and proteins, have intrinsic features that
make them potential building blocks for the bottom-up fabrication of nanodevices. RNA is …