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Anindito Sen1, Daria Rybakova, Mark R H Hurst
1School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Thomas Building, Auckland, New Zealand.
Abstract:
The sheath of the Serratia entomophila antifeeding prophage, which is pathogenic to the New Zealand grass grub Costelytra zealandica, is a 3-fold helix formed by a 4-fold symmetric repeating motif disposed around a helical inner tube. This structure, determined by electron microscopy and image processing, is distinct from that of the other known morphologically similar bacteriophage sheaths.
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