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Precursors of the T4 internal peptides.

Journal of virology ·Vol. 22 ·No. 2 ·1977-05-00 ·Pages 412-9

Kurtz MB, Champe SP

Abstract

The precursors of the two T4 internal peptides have been identified by in vitro cleavage of individual phage proteins eluted from sodium dodecyl sulfate-acrylamide gels. The precursor of internal peptide VII is p22, the product of T4 gene 22 and an essential component of the morphogenic core. The precursor of peptide II is a protein with a molecular weight of approximately 13,000, whose gene has yet to be defined by mutation. A newly detected protein of approximately 15,000 molecular weight is found to be cleaved and is, therefore, likely to be a component of precursor head structures.

MeSH Terms
Coliphages/analysis Genes Molecular Weight Peptides/analysis Protein Precursors/analysis Viral Proteins/analysis
Chemicals
Peptides Protein Precursors Viral Proteins
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Kurtz M B
Champe S P
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of virology
Abbr.
J Virol
ISSN
0022-538X
Published
1977-05-00
Pages
412-9
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0113724
PMCID
PMC515732
Subset
IM
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