Analysis of the collar-whisker structure of temperate lactococcal bacteriophage TP901-1

Christina Skovgaard Vegge, Horst Neve, Lone Brøndsted, Knut J. Heller, Finn Kvist Vogensen

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    Abstract

    Proteins homologous to the protein NPS (neck passage structure) are widespread among lactococcal phages. We investigated the hypothesis that NPS is involved in the infection of phage TP901-1 by analysis of an NPS mutant. NPS was determined to form a collar-whisker complex but was shown to be nonessential for infection, phage assembly, and stability.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalApplied and Environmental Microbiology
    Volume72
    Issue number10
    Pages (from-to)6815-6818
    Number of pages4
    ISSN0099-2240
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006

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