The spike tip protein of bacteriophage T4
Yves Mattenberger, Ekaterina S. Knyazhanskaya, Mikhail M. Shneider, Sergey A. Buth, Sergey Nazarov, William Paul Robins, P.G. Leiman, Dominique Belin
The paper identifies the spike tip protein of bacteriophage T4 and shows its essential role in infection of bacteria with truncated lipopolysaccharides.
bioRxiv · Aug 28, 2025 · PreprintMolecular Biology