Bacteriophage P22 DNA Packaging and Infection Machinery

Bacteriophage P22 DNA Packaging and Infection Machinery

Visualization of the 17 Angstrom cryo EM reconstruction of the Bacteriophage P22, in which the gene products have been segmented and colored differently. Here are shown the components of the mature virion necessary for the packaging of DNA and infection.

Gabriel Lander – Sherwood Casjens, Eddie Gilcrease, Bridget Carragher, Clint Potter, Jack Johnson