Piercing mechanism in the minimal contractile tail of bacteriophage P2.
Victor Klein-Sousa, Marta Šiborová, Aritz Roa-Eguiara, Mònica Santiveri, Inga Songailienė, Nicholas M. I. Taylor
This study uses cryo-EM and tomography to reveal the structural changes in bacteriophage P2 during tail contraction and host infection, identifying new architectural features and mechanisms of genome translocation.
bioRxiv · Sep 15, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology