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Bacteriophage Nucleic Acid Penetration

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Virus Receptors

Part of the book series: Receptors and Recognition ((RERE))

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Different phages have different mechanisms for delivering their nucleic acid to the host. Thus the ejection mechanism of short-tailed phages like P22 may be different from that of both long-tailed phages like X and phages with sheathed tails like T4; small phages containing single-stranded DNA or RNA will uncoat their nucleic acid by still another mechanism. Despite the differences in the ejection mechanism of these types, the mechanisms of uptake of ejected nucleic acid may have much in common. Below I will define some technical terms and general concepts and then outline what is known of the mechanisms of nucleic acid penetration for a few different types of phages and compare the means by which they solve similar problems. I shall limit discussion to the processes involved between release of nucleic acid from the phage and its entry into the host cytoplasm. Naturally, the release process cannot be totally divorced from the attachment process, however, for a more complete current understanding of phage attachment the reader is referred to other chapters in this volume. The descriptions of phage penetration are meant to illustrate the problems and not to chronicle all that is known today on the subject. Finally, I will present an overview of the problems of phage nucleic acid penetration. The bibliography is not exhaustive and is meant as an entree into the current literature. I will generally cite reviews and more recent articles sometimes at the expense of earlier ones. For more detailed references, see the reviews cited.

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Goldberg, E. (1980). Bacteriophage Nucleic Acid Penetration. In: Randall, L.L., Philipson, L. (eds) Virus Receptors. Receptors and Recognition. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6918-9_6

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