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It is a T4 long fiber, which is highly homologous to the tip of the bacteriophage lambda side tail fibers. This structure reveals an unusual elongated six-stranded antiparallel beta-strand needle domain containing seven iron ions coordinated by histidine residues arranged colinearly along the core of the biological unit. At the end of the tip, the three chains intertwine forming a broader head domain, which contains the putative receptor interaction site. The structure reveals a previously unknown beta-structured fibrous fold, provides insights into the remarkable stability of the fiber, and suggests a framework for mutations to expand or modulate receptor-binding specificity.
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What is the tail of a bacteriophage specialized for?
Landing on a bacterium and inserting the viruses genetic material into the bacterium.
Is a virus that infects bacteria called bacteriophage?
bacteriophage
What is the tail fiber in a virus?
It's a T4 long fiber and it attaches to the cell wall of the host
When viruses infect bacteria what is it called?
A bacteriophage
A virus that infects bacteria?
A virus that infects bacteria is called a bacteriophage
Which structure would a bateriophage use to attach itself to the outside of a bacterial cell?
The general structure of a bacteriophage includes a head, tail sheath, and tail fiber. It uses its tail fibers to bind to a receptor site of a bacteria cell.
What is the tail of a bacteriophage specialized for?
Landing on a bacterium and inserting the viruses genetic material into the bacterium.
Is a virus that infects bacteria called bacteriophage?
bacteriophage
A virus that infects a bacteria is known as a?
The type of virus that infects a bacteria is called a bacteriophage. An example of such a bacteriophage is the T3 bacteriophage.
What is the tail fiber in a virus?
It's a T4 long fiber and it attaches to the cell wall of the host
What is a virus that infects the bacteria called?
Bacteriophage
When viruses infect bacteria what is it called?
A bacteriophage
A virus that infects bacteria?
A virus that infects bacteria is called a bacteriophage
What chemical groups on gram negative might bacteriophage's attach?
A bacteriophage recognizes its host by its tail fibers binding to chemical groups associated with receptors on the surface of the host cell. Some of these receptors are transport proteins, pili, flagella and lipopolysaccharides. As you can see they have multiple jobs in the cell.
Is bacteriophage a fungi that attacks bacteria?
No. A bacteriophage is a virus that attacks bacteria.
What is a bacteriophage?
A bacteriophage is a kind of virus that infects and kills bacteria.a virus that attacks bacteria
What does bacteriophage inject into a cell?
A bacteriophage ("eater of bacteria") inject their DNA (or RNA) into the cell.
