Bacteriophage T4

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Ouch, that needle hurts! How some viruses inject their DNA

Bacteriophage T4 is one of the most common of the viruses that infects Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria that serve as the hosts. To accomplish this feat, phage T4 employs a fascinating nano-scale injection machine to first rupture the host's cell membrane and then inject... click to read more

Ameneh Maghsoodi | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Ioan Andricioaei | Associate Professor at University of California, Irvine, California, USA

Noel Perkins | Professor at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Bacteriophage T4

Injection Machinery

Dynamic Model

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published on Sep 25, 2020