Structure of a Bacterial Virus DNA-Injection Protein Complex Reveals a Decameric Assembly with a Constricted Molecular Channel

Haiyan Zhao; Jeffrey A. Speir; Tsutomu Matsui; Zihan Lin; Lingfei Liang; Anna Y. Lynn; Brittany Varnado; Thomas M. Weiss; Liang Tang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149337

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Structure of a Bacterial Virus DNA-Injection Protein Complex Reveals a Decameric Assembly with a Constricted Molecular Channel

Haiyan Zhao,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
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Jeffrey A. Speir,

Affiliation National Resource for Automated Molecular Microscopy, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Tsutomu Matsui,

Affiliation Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, 14 2575 Sand Hill Road, MS69, Menlo Park, California, United States of America
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Zihan Lin,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
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Lingfei Liang,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
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Anna Y. Lynn,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
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Brittany Varnado,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
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Thomas M. Weiss,

Affiliation Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, 14 2575 Sand Hill Road, MS69, Menlo Park, California, United States of America
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Liang Tang

* E-mail: tangl@ku.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
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Structure of a Bacterial Virus DNA-Injection Protein Complex Reveals a Decameric Assembly with a Constricted Molecular Channel

Haiyan Zhao,
Jeffrey A. Speir,
Tsutomu Matsui,
Zihan Lin,
Lingfei Liang,
Anna Y. Lynn,
Brittany Varnado,
Thomas M. Weiss,
Liang Tang

Published: February 16, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149337

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