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The Bacteriophage ö29 DNA-packaging Machine

Caption: Double-stranded DNA is driven into the preformed capsid shell by a complex and powerful molecular motor.

Credit: Image: Precision Graphics (Champaign, Illinois), K. Aathavan and Y. Chemla (University of California Berkeley)

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