"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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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 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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A phage tail-like bacteriocin suppresses competitors in metapopulations of pathogenic bacteria. Science. 2024 Jun 14; 384(6701):eado0713.
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Engineering Phage Host-Range and Suppressing Bacterial Resistance through Phage Tail Fiber Mutagenesis. Cell. 2019 10 03; 179(2):459-469.e9.
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The C-terminal domain is sufficient for host-binding activity of the Mu phage tail-spike protein. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2010 Sep; 1804(9):1738-42.