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Structural plasticity of the phage P22 tail needle gp26 probed with xenon gas

  1. Adam S. Olia1,
  2. Sherwood Casjens2,
  3. Gino Cingolani1,*

Article first published online: 11 JAN 2009

DOI: 10.1002/pro.53

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Protein Science

Protein Science

Volume 18, Issue 3, pages 537–548, March 2009

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Olia, A. S., Casjens, S. and Cingolani, G. (2009), Structural plasticity of the phage P22 tail needle gp26 probed with xenon gas. Protein Science, 18: 537–548. doi: 10.1002/pro.53

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  1. 1

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210

  2. 2

    Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112

*Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 FEB 2009
  2. Article first published online: 11 JAN 2009
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 11 JAN 2009 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 1 DEC 2008
  5. Manuscript Revised: 25 NOV 2008
  6. Manuscript Received: 3 OCT 2008

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  • NIH. Grant Number: 1R56AI076509-01A1

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