In a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers present a method for constructing artificial viral vectors (AVVs) using the established structural components of ...

Venigalla B. Rao, PhD, has been studying bacteriophages for more than four decades, mostly in small laboratories with limited personnel and funding. But having a mere eight-person lab (four post-docs, ...

How viral packaging motors generate enormous forces to translocate DNA into viral capsids remains unknown. Recent structural studies of the bacteriophage T4 packaging motor have led to a proposed ...

Researchers at Purdue University and The Catholic University of America have discovered the structure of an enzyme essential for the operation of "molecular motors" that package DNA into the head ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The synthesis of deoxynucleotide kinase (EC 2.7.4.2) in vitro by a preparation consisting of T4 bacteriophage DNA and a cell-free extract of ...

The portal protein gp20 of bacteriophage T4 is a dodecamer located at the special five-fold vertex of the viral capsid. Its functions are essential for head assembly, genome packaging, neck and tail ...

A team of researchers from Stanford University and the Arc Institute in Palo Alto, California say they’ve created viruses with AI-designed DNA that can target and kill specific bacteria. And these ...

(Nanowerk News) International researchers have built artificial virus-like particles capable of entering human cells to perform tasks such as gene editing. In a proof of concept study, the team used a ...

Ever wondered what a virus looks like up close? One post circulating on social media claims it has just the picture. "Real Image of a T4 bacteriophage (a virus) via electron microscope," reads a ...

Scientists have found a way to rapidly synthesize the entire genome of a virus. To construct the sequence, which consists of 5,386 DNA building blocks, or base pairs, strung into a single chromosome, ...