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Structure and Assembly of Bacteriophage Lambda

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Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology ((CT MICROBIOLOGY,volume 78))

Abstract

Bacteriophage λ has an icosahedral head with a radius of 30 nm and a flexible tail 150 nm long (Fig. lb; Kellenberger, 1961; Eiserling and Boy de la Tour, 1965; Kemp et al., 1968; Eiserling as quoted in Kellenberger and Edgar, 1971; Bayer and Bocharov, 1973; Mazza and Felluga, 1973; Harrison et al., 1973).

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Hohn, T., Katsura, I. (1977). Structure and Assembly of Bacteriophage Lambda. In: Arber, W., et al. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol 78. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66800-5_3

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