Structural Rearrangements in the Phage Head-to-Tail Interface During Assembly and Infection.
Chaban, Y., Lurz, R., Brasiles, S., Cornilleau, C., Karreman, M., Zinn-Justin, S., Tavares, P., Orlova, E.V.(2015) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 112: 7009
- PubMed: 25991862 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1504039112
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
5A20, 5A21 - PubMed Abstract: 
Many icosahedral viruses use a specialized portal vertex to control genome encapsidation and release from the viral capsid. In tailed bacteriophages, the portal system is connected to a tail structure that provides the pipeline for genome delivery to the host cell ...