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Crucial Roles of Electricity in Virology

Colin D McCaig1

  • 1Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.

Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology
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Abstract:

Packaging of DNA into viruses in some cases involves remarkably sophisticated electrical control mechanisms. One example is how the T4 bacteriophage uses an electrostatically driven motor to pump DNA into the viral capsid.

Keywords:
ATP bindingATP hydrolysisDNA grippingDNA packagingElectrical controlT4 bacteriophadsDNA

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