What Are Tail Fibers and Why Are They Important?
Tail fibers are protein appendages located at the distal end of a bacteriophage''s tail, extending from a structure called the baseplate. These fibers vary in length and number.
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Bundleshaped Ribbonlike Tail Fibers
Nearly complete structure of bacteriophage DT57C reveals
Here, we present the structure of DT57C determined by cryo-EM, and an atomic model of the virus, which was further explored using all-atom molecular dynamics simulations.
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Asymmetric Structure of Podophage GP4 Reveals a Novel
In this study, we identified a new structure of the podophage with three types of tail fibers, and such phages with different types of fibers may have a broad host range and/or infect host cells
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Beam -shaped tail fiber failure
The bundle tail fiber is a crucial component in the fiber optic cable assembly, and any failure in this component can significantly impact the performance of the entire system. This article
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Long Noncontractile Tail Machines of Bacteriophages
In this chapter, we describe the structure, assembly, function, and evolution of the long, noncontractile tail of the siphophages, which comprise ∼60% of the phages on earth.
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Here, we will discuss the function and dynamics of the tail of the Caudovirales. We will examine the similarities and differences of all three families belonging to this order and point out specific
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Bacteriophage T4 long tail fiber domains
Bacteriophage T4 initially recognizes its host cells using its long tail fibers. Long tail fibers consist of a phage-proximal and a phage-distal rod, each around 80 nm long and attached to each other at a
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Structure of the siphophage neck–Tail complex suggests that
Siphophages have a long, flexible, and noncontractile tail that connects to the capsid through a neck. The phage tail is essential for host cell recognition and virus–host cell interactions;
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Structure of the receptor-binding carboxy-terminal domain of
The six bacteriophage T7 tail fibers, homo-trimers of gene product 17, are thought to be responsible for the first specific, albeit reversible, attachment to Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide.
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Architecture of the bacteriophage lambda tail: Structure
Bacteriophage lambda has a double-stranded DNA genome and a long, flexible, non-contractile tail encoded by a contiguous block of 11 genes downstream of the head genes. The tail
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