| Literature DB >> 24616838 |
Andrei Fokine1, Michael G Rossmann1.
Abstract
The tailed double-stranded DNA bacteriophages, or Caudovirales, constitute ~96% of all the known phages. Although these phages come in a great variety of sizes and morphology, their virions are mainly constructed of similar molecular building blocks via similar assembly pathways. Here we review the structure of tailed double-stranded DNA bacteriophages at a molecular level, emphasizing the structural similarity and common evolutionary origin of proteins that constitute these virions.Keywords: Caudovirales; bacteriophage structure; phage proteins; phage tails; tailed double-stranded DNA bacteriophages; virus capsids; virus structure
Year: 2014 PMID: 24616838 PMCID: PMC3940491 DOI: 10.4161/bact.28281
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bacteriophage ISSN: 2159-7073