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Assembly Core of Bacteriophage T4: an Intermediate in Head Formation

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An unstable assembly core initiates phage T4 head formation. T4 core proteins—P22 and internal proteins—nucleate capsid assembly but have no structural role in the completed capsid.

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  1. Biology Department, Haverford College,

    MICHAEL K. SHOWE

  2. Department of Biochemistry, University of Maryland School of Medicine,

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SHOWE, M., BLACK, L. Assembly Core of Bacteriophage T4: an Intermediate in Head Formation. Nature New Biology 242, 70–75 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio242070a0

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