BiophysicsbioRxivPreprint
Structural basis for repurposing a flexible phage tail into an Intraspecific bacterial competition weapon
Fulin Yang, Zelin Zhang, Chengkai Yang…·Yong‐Xing He
This paper determines the high-resolution structure of an F-type tailocin, revealing its assembly mechanism and specialized tail-fiber architecture for bacterial competition.
DOI 10.64898/2026.02.24.707460