Structure of Vibrio phage XM1, a simple contractile DNA injection machine
Zhiqing Wang, Andrei Fokine, Xinwu Guo, Wen Jiang, Michael George Rossmann, Richard J. Kuhn, Zhu-Hua Luo, Thomas Klose
The paper reports the cryo-EM structures of Vibrio phage XM1, revealing its contractile tail and baseplate components, and proposes mechanisms of assembly and infection.
Viruses · Jul 31, 2023Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology