The DNA-packaging nanomotor of tailed bacteriophages

Three-dimensional structure of a viral genome-delivery portal vertex

(2011) Adam S Olia et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Structure and assembly of the essential RNA ring component of a viral DNA packaging motor

(2011) F. Ding et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structural basis for scaffolding-mediated assembly and maturation of a dsDNA virus

(2011) D.-H. Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Peering Down the Barrel of a Bacteriophage Portal: The Genome Packaging and Release Valve in P22

(2011) Jinghua Tang et al.   STRUCTURE

Evolution of mosaically related tailed bacteriophage genomes seen through the lens of phage P22 virion assembly

(2011) Sherwood R. Casjens et al.   VIROLOGY

A Promiscuous DNA Packaging Machine from Bacteriophage T4

(2011) Zhihong Zhang et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Genome packaging in viruses

(2010) Siyang Sun et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Mutations Altering a Structurally Conserved Loop-Helix-Loop Region of a Viral Packaging Motor Change DNA Translocation Velocity and Processivity

(2010) James M. Tsay et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Specificity of Interactions among the DNA-packaging Machine Components of T4-related Bacteriophages

(2010) Song Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Direct Interaction of the Bacteriophage SPP1 Packaging ATPase with the Portal Protein

(2010) Leonor Oliveira et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

DNA Packaging-Associated Hyper-Capsid Expansion of Bacteriophage T3

(2010) Philip Serwer et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Mechanochemistry of a Viral DNA Packaging Motor

(2010) Jin Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Functional analysis of the highly antigenic outer capsid protein, Hoc, a virus decoration protein from T4-like bacteriophages

(2010) Taheri Sathaliyawala et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Structural changes in a marine podovirus associated with release of its genome into Prochlorococcus

(2010) Xiangan Liu et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Regulation by interdomain communication of a headful packaging nuclease from bacteriophage T4

(2010) Manjira Ghosh-Kumar et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Three-dimensional structure of tropism-switching Bordetella bacteriophage

(2010) W. Dai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Crystal structure of the DNA-recognition component of the bacterial virus Sf6 genome-packaging machine

(2010) H. Zhao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DNA crunching by a viral packaging motor: Compression of a procapsid-portal stalled Y-DNA substrate

(2010) Krishanu Ray et al.   VIROLOGY

Construction of Bacteriophage Phi29 DNA Packaging Motor and its Applications in Nanotechnology and Therapy

(2009) Tae Jin Lee et al.   ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Kinetic Analysis of the Genome Packaging Reaction in Bacteriophage λ

(2009) Qin Yang et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Structural basis for the nuclease activity of a bacteriophage large terminase

(2009) Callum Smits et al.   EMBO REPORTS

The Small Terminase, gp16, of Bacteriophage T4 Is a Regulator of the DNA Packaging Motor

(2009) Abdulrahman S. Al-Zahrani et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Genome of Bacillus subtilis Bacteriophage SPO1

(2009) Charles R. Stewart et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

DNA Heats Up: Energetics of Genome Ejection from Phage Revealed by Isothermal Titration Calorimetry

(2009) Meerim Jeembaeva et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The Bacteriophage Genome Undergoes a Succession of Intracapsid Phase Transitions upon DNA Ejection

(2009) Amélie Leforestier et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The Crystal Structure of Bacteriophage HK97 gp6: Defining a Large Family of Head–Tail Connector Proteins

(2009) Lia Cardarelli et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Structure of the Small Outer Capsid Protein, Soc: A Clamp for Stabilizing Capsids of T4-like Phages

(2009) Li Qin et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Substrate interactions and promiscuity in a viral DNA packaging motor

(2009) K. Aathavan et al.   NATURE

Intersubunit coordination in a homomeric ring ATPase

(2009) Jeffrey R. Moffitt et al.   NATURE

Structure of toroidal DNA collapsed inside the phage capsid

(2009) A. Leforestier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Q motif of a viral packaging motor governs its force generation and communicates ATP recognition to DNA interaction

(2009) J. M. Tsay et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structure of bacteriophage SPP1 head-to-tail connection reveals mechanism for viral DNA gating

(2009) S. Lhuillier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

T4 phages against Escherichia coli diarrhea: Potential and problems

(2009) Emmanuel Denou et al.   VIROLOGY

The Bacteriophage DNA Packaging Motor

(2008) Venigalla B. Rao et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

The Structure of the Phage T4 DNA Packaging Motor Suggests a Mechanism Dependent on Electrostatic Forces

(2008) Siyang Sun et al.   CELL

REDOR NMR Characterization of DNA Packaging in Bacteriophage T4

(2008) Tsyr-Yan Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Assembly Architecture and DNA Binding of the Bacteriophage P22 Terminase Small Subunit

(2008) Daniel Němeček et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Modulation of the Packaging Reaction of Bacteriophage T4 Terminase by DNA Structure

(2008) Mark Oram et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

DNA Packaging Motor Assembly Intermediate of Bacteriophage ϕ29

(2008) Jaya S. Koti et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Packaging of a Unit-Length Viral Genome: The Role of Nucleotides and the gpD Decoration Protein in Stable Nucleocapsid Assembly in Bacteriophage λ

(2008) Qin Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Insight into DNA and Protein Transport in Double-Stranded DNA Viruses: The Structure of Bacteriophage N4

(2008) Kyung H. Choi et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A Conformational Switch in Bacteriophage P22 Portal Protein Primes Genome Injection

(2008) Hongjin Zheng et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

The potential and challenges of nanopore sequencing

(2008) Daniel Branton et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Defining Molecular and Domain Boundaries in the Bacteriophage ϕ29 DNA Packaging Motor

(2008) Marc C. Morais et al.   STRUCTURE

DNA Poised for Release in Bacteriophage ø29

(2008) Jinghua Tang et al.   STRUCTURE

Bacteriophage Lambda Stabilization by Auxiliary Protein gpD: Timing, Location, and Mechanism of Attachment Determined by Cryo-EM

(2008) Gabriel C. Lander et al.   STRUCTURE

Portal Motor Velocity and Internal Force Resisting Viral DNA Packaging in Bacteriophage ϕ29

(2007) John Peter Rickgauer et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL