T7 Phage (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

T7 Phage

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Researchers found that the T7 virus has six tail fibers that are folded back against its capsid. The fibers extend as the virus locates a suitable host and as it "walks" across its host cell surface to find a site to infect.

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From Hu et. al. 2013. <i>Science</i> Express.

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