The physics of phages

Submitted by agopal on Sun, 07/06/2008 - 21:41
TitleThe physics of phages
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2008
AuthorsW. M. Gelbart and C. M. Knobler
Journal TitlePHYSICS TODAY
Volume61
Issue1
Pages42-47
Date Published01/2008
Type of ArticleJournal Article
Key WordsHEADS, PROTEIN, bacteriophage, FORCES, VIRAL CAPSIDS, DNA EJECTION
Abstract

Experiments can measure, and theory explain, the energetics behind packaging a virus with DNA and the DNA's injection into a cell.
URLhttp://link.aip.org/link/PHTOAD/v61/i1/p42/s1/pdf