Chimallin proteins assemble (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Chimallin proteins assemble

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Twenty-four individual chimallin proteins assemble as a cube inside cells of infected bacteria. Thousands of chimallin components assemble into tiles that ultimately make up square sheets of the phage nucleus shell. Villa Lab, UC San Diego

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Villa Lab, UC San Diego

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Must be used in conjunction with Nature paper on jumbo phage-infected bacterial cells.

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