"Viral Tail Proteins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Proteins found in the tail sections of DNA and RNA viruses. It is believed that these proteins play a role in directing chain folding and assembly of polypeptide chains.
| Descriptor ID |
D017376
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.964.970.910
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| Concept/Terms |
Viral Tail Proteins- Viral Tail Proteins
- Proteins, Viral Tail
- Tail Proteins, Viral
- Virus Tail Proteins
- Proteins, Virus Tail
- Tail Proteins, Virus
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Viral Tail Proteins" by people in Profiles.
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Targeting of Mammalian Glycans Enhances Phage Predation in the Gastrointestinal Tract. mBio. 2021 02 09; 12(1).
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The lactococcal phages Tuc2009 and TP901-1 incorporate two alternate forms of their tail fiber into their virions for infection specialization. J Biol Chem. 2013 Feb 22; 288(8):5581-90.
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Identification of a protein binding site on the surface of the alphavirus nucleocapsid and its implication in virus assembly. Structure. 1996 May 15; 4(5):531-41.