The structures of bacteriophages K1E and K1-5 explain processive degradation of polysaccharide capsules and evolution of new host specificities.

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Summary

Cryo-electron microscopy is utilized to determine the structures of phages K1E and K1-5 and thereby establish the mechanism by which these phages attain and switch their host specificity, suggesting a mechanism for the apparent processivity of degradation that occurs as the phage drills through the polysaccharide capsule.

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2007-08-17
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Tokamak, Nuclear engineering, Plasma, Key (lock), Reactor design

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